Kansas Statutes 65-1693. Same; penalties
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-1693
- Board: means the state board of pharmacy. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- Dispenser: means a practitioner, pharmacy or pharmacist who delivers a scheduled substance or drug of concern to an ultimate user, but does not include:
(1) A licensed hospital pharmacy that distributes such substances for the purpose of inpatient hospital care;
(2) a medical care facility as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- Patient: means the individual who is the ultimate user of a drug for whom a prescription is issued or for whom a drug is dispensed. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- Practitioner: means an individual licensed to practice medicine and surgery, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or other individual authorized by law to prescribe or dispense scheduled substances and drugs of concern. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
(a) A dispenser who knowingly fails to submit prescription monitoring information to the board as required by this act or knowingly submits incorrect prescription monitoring information shall be guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
(b) A person authorized to have prescription monitoring information pursuant to this act who knowingly discloses such information in violation of this act shall be guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
(c) A person authorized to have prescription monitoring information pursuant to this act who knowingly uses such information in a manner or for a purpose in violation of this act shall be guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
(d) A person who knowingly, and without authorization, obtains or attempts to obtain prescription monitoring information shall be guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
(e) It shall not be a violation of this act for a practitioner or dispenser to disclose or use information obtained pursuant to this act when such information is disclosed or used solely in the course of such practitioner’s or dispenser’s care of the patient who is the subject of the information.