194A.452 Legend Drug Repository Program to be established -- Purpose -- Permitted donations -- Voluntary participation -- Handling fee -- Distribution. - Kentucky Statutes

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194A.452 Legend Drug Repository Program to be established -- Purpose -- Permitted donations -- Voluntary participation -- Handling fee -- Distribution. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services 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 cabinet. 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 cabinet by an
administrative regulation promulgated by the cabinet. (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 cabinet. (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 194A.454 shall require a health facility, pharmacy, pharmacist, or practitioner to participate in the program established in this section. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective June 20, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 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.