Kentucky Statutes 315.452 – Legend Drug Repository Program to be established — Purpose — Permitted donations — Voluntary participation — Handling fee — Distribution
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15.452 Legend Drug Repository Program to be established — Purpose — Permitted donations — Voluntary participation — Handling fee — Distribution.
(1) The board shall establish and maintain a legend drug repository program to support the donation of a legend drug or supplies needed to administer a legend drug for use by an individual who meets the eligibility criteria specified by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board. The repository program shall not accept any controlled substance.
(2) Donations may be made on the premises of a health facility or pharmacy that elects to participate in the program and meets requirements specified by the board by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board.
(3) The health facility may charge a handling fee to an individual who received a legend drug or supplies under the program established under this section, except that the fee shall not exceed the amount established by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board.
(4) A health facility or pharmacy that receives a donated legend drug under this section may distribute the legend drug or supplies to another eligible health facility or pharmacy for use under the program created under this section.
(5) Nothing in this section or KRS § 315.454 shall require a health facility, pharmacy, pharmacist, or practitioner to participate in the program established in this section.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Repealed, reenacted, and renumbered 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 13, effective June 29, 2017 — Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective June
20, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2015). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85,
95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.
Formerly codified as KRS § 194A.452.
(1) The board shall establish and maintain a legend drug repository program to support the donation of a legend drug or supplies needed to administer a legend drug for use by an individual who meets the eligibility criteria specified by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board. The repository program shall not accept any controlled substance.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 315.452
- Administer: means the direct application of a drug to a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, or ingestion, whether topically or by any other means. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
- Board: means the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
- Drug: means any of the following:
(a) Articles recognized as drugs or drug products in any official compendium or supplement thereto. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010 - Pharmacist: means a natural person licensed by this state to engage in the practice of the profession of pharmacy. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
- Pharmacy: means every place where:
(a) Drugs are dispensed under the direction of a pharmacist. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
(2) Donations may be made on the premises of a health facility or pharmacy that elects to participate in the program and meets requirements specified by the board by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board.
(3) The health facility may charge a handling fee to an individual who received a legend drug or supplies under the program established under this section, except that the fee shall not exceed the amount established by an administrative regulation promulgated by the board.
(4) A health facility or pharmacy that receives a donated legend drug under this section may distribute the legend drug or supplies to another eligible health facility or pharmacy for use under the program created under this section.
(5) Nothing in this section or KRS § 315.454 shall require a health facility, pharmacy, pharmacist, or practitioner to participate in the program established in this section.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Repealed, reenacted, and renumbered 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 13, effective June 29, 2017 — Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective June
20, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2015). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85,
95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.
Formerly codified as KRS § 194A.452.