65-4123. Dispensing of controlled substances; oral, written or electronic prescriptions; limitations on refilling; prescription recordkeeping requirements. (a) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 65-4117, and amendments thereto, or in this subsection (a), no schedule I controlled substance may be dispensed. The board by rules and regulations may designate in accordance with the provisions of this subsection (a) a schedule I controlled substance as a schedule I designated prescription substance.

(b) Except when dispensed by a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to an ultimate user, no controlled substance in schedule II may be dispensed without the written or electronic prescription of a prescriber. In emergency situations, as defined by rules and regulations of the board, schedule II drugs may be dispensed upon oral prescription of a prescriber reduced promptly to writing or transmitted electronically and filed by the pharmacy. No prescription for a schedule II substance may be refilled.

(c) Except when dispensed by a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to an ultimate user, a controlled substance included in schedule III, IV or V which is a prescription drug shall not be dispensed without either a paper prescription manually signed by a prescriber, a facsimile of a manually signed paper prescription transmitted by the prescriber or the prescriber's agent to the pharmacy, an electronic prescription that has been digitally signed by a prescriber with a digital certificate, or an oral prescription made by an individual prescriber and promptly reduced to writing. The prescription shall not be filled or refilled more than six months after the date thereof or be refilled more than five times.

(d) A controlled substance shall not be distributed or dispensed except by a valid prescription order as defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto. Electronic prescriptions shall be retained electronically for five years from the date of their creation or receipt. The records must be readily retrievable from all other records and easily rendered into a format a person can read. Paper, oral and facsimile prescriptions shall be maintained as a hard copy for five years at the registered location.

History: L. 1972, ch. 234, § 23; L. 1972, ch. 235, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 269, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 242, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 115, § 15; L. 2012, ch. 107, § 10; May 17.