65-2837a. Restrictions on prescribing, ordering, dispensing, administering, selling, supplying or giving certain amphetamine or sympathomimetic amine controlled substances; unprofessional conduct. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery to prescribe, order, dispense, administer, sell, supply or give or for a mid-level practitioner as defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto, to prescribe, administer, supply or give any amphetamine or sympathomimetic amine designated in schedule II, III or IV under the uniform controlled substances act, except as provided in this section. Failure to comply with this section by a licensee shall constitute unprofessional conduct under K.S.A. 65-2837, and amendments thereto.

(b) When any licensee prescribes, orders, dispenses, administers, sells, supplies or gives or when any mid-level practitioner as defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto, prescribes, administers, sells, supplies or gives any amphetamine or sympathomimetic amine designated in schedule II, III or IV under the uniform controlled substances act, the patient's medical record shall adequately document the purpose for which the drug is being given. Such purpose shall be restricted to one or more of the following:

(1) The treatment of narcolepsy.

(2) The treatment of drug-induced brain dysfunction.

(3) The treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

(4) The differential diagnostic psychiatric evaluation of depression.

(5) The treatment of depression shown by adequate medical records and documentation to be unresponsive to other forms of treatment.

(6) The clinical investigation of the effects of such drugs or compounds, in which case, before the investigation is begun, the licensee shall, in addition to other requirements of applicable laws, apply for and obtain approval of the investigation from the state board of healing arts.

(7) The treatment of obesity with controlled substances, as may be defined by rules and regulations adopted by the board of healing arts.

(8) The treatment of binge eating disorder.

(9) The treatment of any other disorder or disease for which such drugs or compounds have been found to be safe and effective by competent scientific research that has been generally accepted by the scientific community, in which case, the licensee before prescribing, ordering, dispensing, administering, selling, supplying or giving the drug or compound for a particular condition, or the licensee before authorizing a mid-level practitioner to prescribe the drug or compound for a particular condition, shall obtain a determination from the board of healing arts that the drug or compound can be used for that particular condition.

History: L. 1984, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 57, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 115, § 12; L. 2007, ch. 18, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 95, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 34, § 21; Apr. 20.