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 314.042 - 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.
Filed Amendments to Regulations and New Regulations
201 KAR 2:414E Ordering and administering vaccinations
Public Comment: Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy through May 31, 2023. A public hearing will be held on May 24, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. Individuals interested in being heard at the hearing must notify the board in writing at least five business days prior to the hearing.
Summary: 201 KAR 2:414E continues to allow pharmacists to prescribe and administer the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals aged three and up with training requirements specified in the regulation. Pharmacy technicians and pharmacist interns can also administer the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals aged three and up if they meet the requirements of the regulation. 201 KAR 2:414E will expire in 270 days or at the expiration of the public health emergency (whichever is sooner).
201 KAR 2:380E. Board Authorized Protocols
Withdrawn, effective March 23, 2023
Summary: This emergency administrative amendment was filed simultaneously with an ordinary amendment. Both amendments remove the authorized conditions under Section 5 and provides the board, in section 2, with discretion to determine what protocols may be considered. Protocols are limited to acute self-limiting conditions and other minor ailments, preventative health services, and disease state monitoring and management.
201 KAR 2:380. Board Authorized Protocols
Filed August 8, 2022
Public Comment: Written comments may be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy through October 31, 2022. A public hearing will be held on October 26, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. EST. Individuals interested in being heard at the hearing must notify the board in writing at least five business days prior to the hearing. [No comments received/hearing cancelled]
Summary: This administrative amendment removes the authorized conditions under Section 5 and provides the board, in section 2, with discretion to determine what protocols may be considered. Protocols are limited to acute self-limiting conditions and other minor ailments, preventative health services, and disease state monitoring and management.
201 KAR 2:413 E. Ordering and administering vaccinations.
Withdrawn, effective March 23, 2023
Summary: 201 KAR 2:413E continues to allow pharmacists to prescribe and administer the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals aged three and up with training requirements specified in the regulation. Pharmacy technicians and pharmacist interns can also administer the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals aged three and up if they meet the requirements of the regulation. 201 KAR 2:413E will expire in 270 days on March 24, 2023.
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Recently Effective Regulations and Amendments
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 2:430. Emergency orders and hearings. Withdrawn
201 KAR 2:106. Licensed or permitted facility closures. Effective June 30, 2022
201 KAR 2:074. Pharmacy Services in Hospitals - Effective January 14, 2022
201 KAR 2:030. License Transfer - Effective January 14, 2022
201 KAR 2:076, Compounding. - Effective December 15, 2021
201 KAR 2:050, Licenses and permits: fees. - Effective December 15, 2021
201 KAR 2:360, Naloxone Dispensing - Effective October 20, 2021
201 KAR 2:270, Expungement. - Effective October 20, 2021
201 KAR 2:420, Administration of Vaccines. - Effective October 20, 2021
201 KAR 2:061, Procedures followed by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy in the investigation and hearing of complaints. - Effective August 26, 2021
201 KAR 2:171, Computerized Recordkeeping - Effective July 21, 2021
201 KAR 2:205, Pharmacist-in-Charge - Effective July 21, 2021
201 KAR 2:040, Registration of Pharmacist Interns - Effective July 21, 2021
201 KAR 2:390, Requirements for third-party logistic providers - Effective July 21, 2021
201 KAR 2:380, Board Authorized Protocols - Effective June 16, 2021
201 KAR 2:050, Licenses and permits; fees - Effective, February 4, 2021
201 KAR 2:105, Requirements for wholesalers, medical gas wholesalers, wholesaler distributors, and virtual wholesale distributors - Effective, February 4, 2021
201 KAR 2:106, Licensed or permitted facility closures - Effective, February 4, 2021
201 KAR 2:225, Special limited pharmacy permit - Medical gas - Effective, February 4, 2021
201 KAR 2:240, Special limited pharmacy permit - Charitable - Effective, February 4, 2021
201 KAR 2:320, Requirements for manufacturers and virtual manufacturers - Effective, February 4, 2021