902 KAR 55:095. Prescription for Schedule II controlled substance - facsimile transmission or partial filling

      Section 1. Definitions. (1) "Hospice" means a hospice program licensed by the Cabinet for Health Services.

      (2) "Long-term care facility" means a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility as defined in Pub.L. 100-203, intermediate care facility, or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

 

      Section 2. Transmission by Facsimile of a Prescription for a Schedule II Controlled Substance. (1) A prescription prepared in accordance with KRS 218A.180, 21 C.F.R. 1306.05 and 902 KAR 55:080 for a Schedule II narcotic substance to be compounded for the direct administration to a patient by parenteral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous or intraspinal infusion may be transmitted by a practitioner or the practitioner's agent to the dispensing pharmacy by facsimile.

      (2) A prescription prepared in accordance with KRS 218A.180, 21 C.F.R. 1306.05 and 902 KAR 55:080 for a Schedule II controlled substance for a resident of a long-term care facility may be transmitted by a practitioner or the practitioner's agent to the dispensing pharmacy by facsimile.

      (3) A prescription prepared in accordance with KRS 218A.180, 21 C.F.R. 1306.05 and 902 KAR 55:080 for a schedule II controlled substance for a hospice patient may be transmitted by a practitioner or the practitioner's agent to the dispensing pharmacy by facsimile. The practitioner or the practitioner's agent shall note on the prescription that the patient is a hospice patient.

      (4)(a) The facsimile prescription shall serve as the written prescription, required by KRS 218A.180(1) for the dispensing of a Schedule II controlled substance.

      (b) Within seven (7) calendar days after transmitting a facsimile prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance, the prescribing practitioner shall deliver the original written prescription to the dispensing pharmacy.

      (c) A practitioner who fails to deliver the original written prescription within the period specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be deemed to have violated KRS 218A.1404(3).

 

      Section 3. Partial Filling of a Prescription for a Schedule II Controlled Substance. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section a pharmacist may partially fill a prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II if the pharmacist:

      (a) Is unable to dispense the full quantity prescribed;

      (b) Makes a notation of the quantity dispensed on the face of the written prescription; and

      (c) Dispenses the remaining portion of the prescription within seventy-two (72) hours of the first partial filling. No further quantity shall be dispensed without a new written prescription.

      (2) A written prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance written for a patient in a long-term care facility (LTCF) or for a patient with a documented terminal illness may be dispensed in partial quantities, including but not limited to individual dosage units if:

      (a) The pharmacist records on the face of the prescription whether the patient is "terminally ill" or an "LTCF patient";

      (b) The pharmacist records on the back of the written prescription or on another appropriate record, uniformly maintained and readily retrievable, the following data:

      1. The date of the partial dispensing;

      2. The quantity dispensed;

      3. The remaining quantity authorized to be dispensed; and

      4. The identification of the dispensing pharmacist;

      (c) The pharmacist contacts the practitioner prior to dispensing the partial quantity if there is any question whether the patient is terminally ill, since both the pharmacist and the prescribing practitioner have a corresponding responsibility to assure that the controlled substance is for a terminally ill patient;

      (d) The total quantity dispensed in all partial dispensings does not exceed the quantity prescribed; and

      (e) No dispensing occurs beyond sixty (60) days from date of issuance of the prescription.

      (3) A prescription that is partially filled and does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be deemed to have been filled in violation of KRS 218A.200(3), (4) and 21 C.F.R. 1306.13. (21 Ky.R. 2589; Am. 22 Ky.R. 291; eff. 7-26-95; 24 Ky.R. 1165; eff. 1-12-98.)

Notation

      RELATES TO: KRS 218A.070, 218A.180, 218A.200, 21 C.F.R. 1306.05, 1306.11-1306.14

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 194.050, 218A.250, EO 96-862

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: Executive Order 96-862, effective July 2, 1996, reorganizes the Cabinet for Human Resources, establishes and creates the Cabinet for Health Services, changes the name of the Department for Health Services to Department for Public Health, and places the Department for Public Health and its programs under the Cabinet for Health Services. KRS 218A.250 directs the Cabinet for Health Services to promulgate administrative regulations for carrying out the provisions of KRS Chapter 218A relating to controlled substances. The purpose of this administrative regulation is to permit the transmission of prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances between the prescriber and dispenser via facsimile, on a limited basis, in order to facilitate the delivery of medications to certain patients whose medication needs change quickly and whose prescription should be communicated rapidly. This administrative regulation also permits the partial filling of prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances to certain patients whose medication needs may be long term but who wish to store limited quantities or in situations where the pharmacy is unable to supply the full quantity prescribed.