40-2,167. Off-label use of prescription drugs; definitions. - Kansas Statutes

40-2,167

Chapter 40.--INSURANCE Article 2.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      40-2,167.   Off-label use of prescription drugs;definitions.As used in K.S.A. 40-2,167 through 40-2,170, and amendments thereto,unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

      (a)   "Peer-reviewed medical literature" means a published scientific study ina journal or other publication in which original manuscripts have beenpublished only after having been critically reviewed for scientific accuracy,validity and reliability by unbiased independent experts, and that has beendetermined by the international committee of medical journal editors to havemet the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals.Peer-reviewed medical literature does not include publications or supplementsto publications that are sponsored to a significant extent by a pharmaceuticalmanufacturing company or health carrier.

      (b)   "Off-label use of drugs" means prescribing prescription drugs fortreatments other than those stated in the labeling approved by the federal foodand drug administration.

      (c)   "Standard reference compendia" means the United States pharmacopeia druginformation, the American hospital formulary service drug information or theAmerican Medical Association drug evaluation.

      History:   L. 1999, ch. 128, § 1; May 6.