Kentucky News: Legislation Update 2008

June 1, 2008 4:18 pm

Published in the June 2008 Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

House Bill (HB) 328 (sponsored by Representative Susan Westrom) passed the House and Senate and was signed into law by Governor Steve Beshear on April 25, 2008.
HB 328 requires the simple registration and a $25 fee of pharmacy technicians by April 1, 2009. The Board of Pharmacy has begun the development phase of the registration process. Information will be provided to pharmacy technicians, pharmacies, and pharmacists as this process is developed.
HB 541 (sponsored by Representative Tom Burch), which was a bill that would direct an interim study on the role that pharmacists play in the health care system, passed the House; however, the Senate failed to act on this bill.
Senate Bill (SB) 118 (sponsored by Senator Julie Denton) passed the House and Senate and was signed into law by Governor Beshear on April 15, 2008. This bill creates a new section of KRS 315 regarding wholesalers (which deletes the wholesaler requirements of KRS 315.036). This bill also creates legislation regarding drug pedigree. The Board is required to promulgate regulations regarding this new law and will begin to develop them.