Kentucky News: Legislation Update 2009

June 1, 2009 4:29 pm

Published in the June 2009 Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

On June 6, 2008, 201 KAR 2:300 regarding common database became law. Common database means information shared among pharmacists and pharmacies for the purpose of dispensing medications or providing other forms of pharmacist care to a patient.
On February 18, 2009, 201 KAR 2:105 as amended regarding licensing and drug distribution requirements for wholesale distribution became law. This regulation was amended due to the new statutes passed during the 2008 Legislative Session regarding wholesale distributors and new requirements including a change of name from wholesaler to wholesale distributor, additional definitions, pedigree requirements, and additional requirements on the application and others.
On March 11, 2009, 201 KAR 2:230 as amended regarding central refill pharmacy became law. This amended regulation now allows a central refill pharmacy located in the Commonwealth to provide central refill services to another pharmacy, whether it is located inside or outside of Kentucky.
On March 11, 2009, 201 KAR 2:310 regarding compounding for a practitioner’s office or institutional administration became law. This regulation allows a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician to prepare a compounded drug for a practitioner’s office or institutional administration.
Please visit the Board’s Web site at www.pharmacy.ky.gov, then click on Statutes and Regulations, then click on Title 201, Chapter 2 Kentucky Administrative Regulations, then go to Chapter 2, and then select the appropriate regulation (105; 230; 300; or 310) to review the entire regulation.