2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 216 - Health facilities and services 216.2980 Hospice, palliative care, and end-of-life services providers to have policies and procedures for deactivation or sequestration and disposal of controlled substances upon death of patient or discontinuance of prescription -- Notice -- Written agreement -- Witness statement.
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216.2980 Hospice, palliative care, and end-of-life services providers to have policies
and procedures for deactivation or sequestration and disposal of controlled
substances upon death of patient or discontinuance of prescription -- Notice -Written agreement -- Witness statement.
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Any provider of hospice, palliative care, or end-of-life services shall have written
policies and procedures for the deactivation or sequestration and disposal of
Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances prescribed to a patient when a
prescription is discontinued or upon the patient's death by the entity or person
pronouncing the death.
Any provider of hospice, palliative care, or end-of-life services shall provide a copy
of the written policy and procedures for the management and the deactivation or
sequestration and disposal of Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances
prescribed to a patient when a prescription is discontinued or upon the patient's
death, to the patient or the patient's legal representative, and the provider shall
discuss the policy and procedures with the patient or the patient's legal
representative. The patient or the patient's legal representative shall be requested to
sign an agreement to this policy.
In an effort to reduce illegal diversion of Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled
substances, the agreement to the written policy and procedures required under
subsection (2) of this section shall inform the patient or the patient's legal
representative that if the patient or the patient's legal representative refuses to agree
to the deactivation or sequestration and disposal when a prescription is discontinued
or upon the death of the patient, local law enforcement shall be notified of the
refusal by the hospice, palliative care, or end-of-life services provider or the entity
or person pronouncing death.
The deactivation or sequestration and disposal of Schedule II, III, IV, or V
controlled substances prescribed to a patient when a prescription is discontinued or
upon the patient's death shall be completed by the entity or person pronouncing
death and witnessed by an adult. The witness shall sign a statement that he or she
witnessed the deactivation or sequestration and disposal.
The deactivation or sequestration and disposal methods of Schedule II, III, IV, or V
controlled substances used by the entity or person pronouncing death shall comply
with the United States Food and Drug Administration's recommendations for the
safe disposal of unused medicines or shall be another safe deactivation or
sequestration and disposal method.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 37, effective July 15, 2020. -- Created
2018 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018.
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