(1) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to create a certification program to oversee and regulate the distribution and dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs. The program shall be known as the Kentucky Abortion-Inducing Drug Certification Program. The program shall establish certification requirements for manufacturers and distributors to transport, supply, or sell abortion-inducing drugs; pharmacies that dispense abortion-inducing drugs; and abortion facilities licensed under KRS § 216B.0431.
(2) The certification requirements shall include recognition that abortion-inducing drugs may only be provided to patients by qualified physicians who are registered as nonsurgical abortion providers and that abortion-inducing drugs shall not intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly be provided directly to a patient outside of the parameters of Kentucky’s Abortion-Inducing Drug Certification Program.
Effective:April 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 15, effective April 14, 2022.