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KAR 9:220. Restriction upon dispensing of Schedule II controlled substances and

Schedule III controlled substances containing Hydrocodone.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 218A.205(3)(b),

311.595(9), (12), 311.597

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 218A.205(3)(b), 311.565(1)(a)

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS

311.565(1)(a) authorizes the board to promulgate administrative regulations to

regulate the conduct of licensees. KRS 218A.205(3)(b) requires the board to

promulgate an administrative regulation to prohibit a practitioner from

dispensing greater than a forty-eight (48) hour supply of any Schedule II controlled

substance or a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone unless

the dispensing is done as part of a narcotic treatment program licensed by the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services. This administrative regulation

establishes that prohibition.

 

      Section 1. (1) A physician licensed in

Kentucky shall not dispense an amount greater than a forty-eight (48) hour

supply of any Schedule II controlled substance or a Schedule III controlled substance

containing hydrocodone to any patient, unless the dispensing is done as part of

a narcotic treatment program licensed by the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services.

      (2) A physician licensed in Kentucky shall

not act to avoid the limitation upon dispensing established in subsection (1)

of this section by dispensing a Schedule II controlled substance or a Schedule

III controlled substance containing hydrocodone to a patient on consecutive or

multiple occasions.

      (3) Any violation of this section shall

be considered a violation of KRS 311.595(12) and of 311.595(9), as illustrated

by KRS 311.597(1)(b), and shall constitute a legal basis for disciplinary action

pursuant to KRS 311.595.

(39 Ky.R. 661; Am. 1660; eff. 3-4-2013.)