Kentucky Pharmacy Lawbook
Please see the links below for the official listing of the current Statutes and Regulations.
Links to related pharmacy laws and regulations:
201 KAR 9:016 - Restrictions on use of amphetamine and amphetamine-like anorectic controlled substances.
KRS 320.240 - Board's meetings, officers, powers, and duties -- Licensure and classification of optometrists -- Board to have sole authority over practice of optometry -- Authorization to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents and certain oral medications.
KRS 314.011 - Definitions for chapter.
KRS 314.042 - License to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse -- Application -- Renewal -- Reinstatement -- Use of "APRN" -- Prescriptive authority under CAPA-NS and CAPA-CS -- Exemption from CAPA-NS requirement.
KRS 311.560 - Prohibition against practice of medicine or osteopathy without license -- Exceptions.
Pending Amendments to Regulations and Pending New Regulations
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201 KAR 2:045, Technicians. Amendment, filed 3/6/25. Public Comments received through May 31, 2025. Public hearing scheduled for May 28th at 10 a.m. via zoom and in-person at 125 Holmes Street, First Floor Conference Room, Frankfort, KY 40601. These amendments enumerate what tasks can be performed by a registered technician under immediate, general or electronic supervision of a pharmacist, and allows for delegation of tasks (that do not require professional judgment) from the supervising pharmacist to a certified pharmacy technician under general supervision.
201 KAR 2:165, Transfer of Prescription Information. Amendment, filed 3/6/25. Public Comments received through May 31, 2025. Public hearing scheduled for May 28th at 10 a.m. via zoom and in-person at 125 Holmes Street, First Floor Conference Room, Frankfort, KY 40601. These amendments authorize a pharmacist to delegate the transferring and the documentation of a transfer of a previously dispensed noncontrolled prescription to a certified pharmacy technician. For a verbal prescription, the certified pharmacy technician must document that they read back and verified the prescription information when transferring or receiving the prescription transfer.
201 KAR 2:416E, Pharmacy annual reporting of cost of dispensing data. New Emergency Administrative Regulation filed 12/17/2024. This administrative regulation details the required data that shall be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy annually, beginning in March of 2026 for cost of dispensing data for the 2025 calendar year. This emergency regulation was required per Senate Bill 188 during the 2024 regular session of the General Assembly. The Board of Pharmacy will provide the data to the Department of Insurance. All data is considered proprietary and confidential and is not subject to open records requirements. The emergency regulation is identical to the ordinary regulation. Comments will be received through February 28, 2025.
201 KAR 2:416, Pharmacy annual reporting of cost of dispensing data. New ordinary administrative regulation with an amended after comments filed on 4/14/2025. This administrative regulation details the required data that shall be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy annually, beginning in March of 2026 for cost of dispensing data for the 2025 calendar year. The Board of Pharmacy will provide the data to the Department of Insurance. All data is considered proprietary and confidential and is not subject to open records requirements.
201 KAR 2:480, Telework and Electronic Supervision for Remote Prescription Processing. Amendment. This amendment clarifies that the telework rules presented in the regulation apply specifically to those authorized for remote order entry, remote order entry verification, and remote drug regimen review under KRS 315.020(5). Public comments will be accepted through June 30, 2025, and a public hearing is scheduled for June 25, 2025 at 10 a.m. via zoom teleconference.
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Recently Effective Regulations and Amendments
201 KAR 2:480, Telework and Electronic Supervision for Remote Prescription Processing. Effective February 26, 2025
201 KAR 2:030, License Transfer. Effective February 5, 2025
201 KAR 2:050, License and Permits; Fees. Effective February 5, 2025
201 KAR 2:370, Pharmacy Services in Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF). Effective February 5, 2025
201 KAR 2:465, Non-Resident Pharmacy Applications and Waivers. Effective February 5, 2025
201 KAR 2:210, Patient Records, Drug Regimen Review, Patient Counseling, and Final Product Verification. Effective February 5, 2025
201 KAR 2:470, Change of Ownership. Effective October 23, 2024
201 KAR 2:015, Continuing Education. Effective October 23, 2024
201 KAR 2:220, Collaborative Care Agreements. Effective October 23, 2024
201 KAR 2:165, Transfer of Prescription Information (Amendment), Effective February 15, 2024
201 KAR 2:040, Registration of pharmacist interns. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:020, Examination. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:050, Licenses and permits; fees. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:105, Requirements for wholesalers, medical gas wholesalers, wholesale distributors, and virtual wholesale distributors. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:205, Pharmacist-in-charge. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:225, Special limited pharmacy permit - Medical gas. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:240, Special limited pharmacy permit - Charitable. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:320, Requirements for manufacturers and virtual manufacturers. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:340, Special limited pharmacy permit - Clinical practice. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:390, Requirements for third-party logistics providers. Effective December 13, 2023
201 KAR 2:076. Compounding. Effective October 25, 2023
201 KAR 2:450. Unprofessional Conduct of a Pharmacy Permit Holder Effective March 9, 2023
201 KAR 2:360 Naloxone dispensing Effective March 9, 2023
201 KAR 2:050, Licenses and permits; fees Effective August 25, 2022
201 KAR 2:020, Examination. Effective August 25, 2022
201 KAR 2:225, Special limited pharmacy permit – Medical Gas. Effective August 25, 2022
201 KAR 2:440, Legend Drug Repository. Effective July 20, 2022
201 KAR 2:380. Board Authorized Protocols Effective June 21, 2023