Kentucky Statutes 218A.171 – Electronic prescribing
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(1) Electronic prescribing of a controlled substance under this chapter shall not interfere with a patient’s freedom to select a pharmacy.
(2) Electronic prescribing software used by a practitioner to prescribe a controlled substance under this chapter may include clinical messaging and messages in pop- up windows directed to the practitioner regarding a particular controlled substance that supports the practitioner’s clinical decision making.
(3) Drug information contained in electronic prescribing software to prescribe a controlled substance under this chapter shall be consistent with Food and Drug Administration-approved information regarding a particular controlled substance.
(4) (a) Electronic prescribing software used by a practitioner to prescribe a controlled substance under this chapter may show information regarding a payor’s formulary, copayments, or benefit plan, provided that nothing in the software is designed to preclude a practitioner from selecting any particular pharmacy or controlled substance.
(b) If electronic prescribing software does show information regarding a payor’s formulary, payments, or benefit plan under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the information shall be updated at least quarterly to ensure its accuracy.
(5) Each governmental unit of the Commonwealth promulgating administrative regulations relating to electronic prescribing shall include in the regulations electronic prior authorization standards meeting the requirements of KRS § 304.17A-
167 in its implementation of health information technology improvements as required by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Effective: January 1, 2020
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 190, sec. 4, effective January 1, 2020. — Created
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2012.
(2) Electronic prescribing software used by a practitioner to prescribe a controlled substance under this chapter may include clinical messaging and messages in pop- up windows directed to the practitioner regarding a particular controlled substance that supports the practitioner’s clinical decision making.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 218A.171
- Drug: means :
(a) Substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them. See Kentucky Statutes 218A.010 - Practitioner: means a physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, optometrist as authorized in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 218A.010
- Prescription: means a written, electronic, or oral order for a drug or medicine, or combination or mixture of drugs or medicines, or proprietary preparation, signed or given or authorized by a medical, dental, chiropody, veterinarian, optometric practitioner, or advanced practice registered nurse, and intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals. See Kentucky Statutes 218A.010
(3) Drug information contained in electronic prescribing software to prescribe a controlled substance under this chapter shall be consistent with Food and Drug Administration-approved information regarding a particular controlled substance.
(4) (a) Electronic prescribing software used by a practitioner to prescribe a controlled substance under this chapter may show information regarding a payor’s formulary, copayments, or benefit plan, provided that nothing in the software is designed to preclude a practitioner from selecting any particular pharmacy or controlled substance.
(b) If electronic prescribing software does show information regarding a payor’s formulary, payments, or benefit plan under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the information shall be updated at least quarterly to ensure its accuracy.
(5) Each governmental unit of the Commonwealth promulgating administrative regulations relating to electronic prescribing shall include in the regulations electronic prior authorization standards meeting the requirements of KRS § 304.17A-
167 in its implementation of health information technology improvements as required by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Effective: January 1, 2020
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 190, sec. 4, effective January 1, 2020. — Created
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2012.