Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 217.177 to delete recordkeeping requirements for the sale of hypodermic syringes or needles; add provisions for the sale of hypodermic syringes or needles without a prescription including a limit of 30 syringes of needles, proof of purchaser's age of 16 years or older, information requirements to be provided to the purchaser with each sale, disposal requirements, and enforcement provisions.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Amend to delete compliance requirements; require an offer of a prescription for naloxone; amend KRS 218A.510 to permit the retail sale of hypodermic syringes and needles without a prescription in pharmacies and prohibit hypodermic syringe and needle inventory of a pharmacy to be deemed drug paraphernalia; amend KRS 315.020 to permit a pharmacist or a registered pharmacy technician or certified pharmacy intern under supervision to access the electronic database of the pharmacy from inside or outside the pharmacy to perform order entry, verification, or drug regimen review if controls are established; apply only to pharmacies not open to the public; prohibit dispensing from a location outside of or other than a pharmacy.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- D. Bentley

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- S. Sheldon

Summary Amend to require the pharmacy to be located in Kentucky and permitted by the board; require all personnel who access the pharmacy's electronic database from outside of the pharmacy to reside in Kentucky or within one hundred (100) miles of the pharmacy; prohibit anything in the subsection to be construed to authorize final product prescription verification from a location outside of or other than a pharmacy or to permit pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, or pharmacy interns to receive hard copy prescriptions outside of the premises of a permitted pharmacy.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 217.177
Acts Chapter 56: 217.177, 218A.500, 315.020
House Committee Substitute 1: 217.177, 218A.500, 315.020
Current: 217.177, 218A.500, 315.020