65-1659. Pharmacies authorized to place certain drugs with home health agencies and hospices; protocols for drug handling and storage; review and inspection; definitions. (a) A pharmacy will be allowed to place certain drugs with a home health agency's authorized employees and with a hospice's authorized employees for the betterment of public health. The pharmacy shall remain the legal owner of the drugs. A written agreement between the pharmacy and home health agency or hospice shall document the protocol for handling and storage of these drugs by authorized employees and shall be approved by the pharmacist in charge. The pharmacist in charge shall review the protocol to assure that safe, secure and accountable handling of legend drugs is maintained under the protocol before giving approval. The pharmacist in charge or a pharmacist designee shall physically inspect and review the drug storage and handling at the home health agency and the hospice at least quarterly during the year.
(b) The home health agency protocol and the hospice protocol shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Safe and secure storage of drugs;
(2) access to drugs limited to authorized employees;
(3) records of drugs checked out to authorized employees and records of drugs, amounts, to whom and by whom administered;
(4) prompt notification of the pharmacy when a drug is used, including the prescriber, patient, drug, dosage form, directions for use and other pertinent information;
(5) billing information;
(6) procedures for handling drugs beyond their expiration date; and
(7) inventory control.
(c) The following legend drugs shall be allowed under these agreements:
(1) Sterile water for injection or irrigation;
(2) sterile saline solution for injection or irrigation;
(3) heparin flush solution;
(4) diphenhydramine injectable; and
(5) epinephrine injectable.
(d) As used in this section: (1) "Authorized employee" means any employee of a home health agency or hospice who, in the course of the employee's duties, is licensed by the employee's appropriate licensing agency to administer legend drugs; (2) "home health agency" means an entity required to be licensed under K.S.A. 65-5102 and amendments thereto; and (3) hospice means an entity authorized to hold itself out to the public as a hospice or as a licensed hospice under K.S.A. 65-6202 and amendments thereto.
(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas.
History: L. 1996, ch. 132, ยง 1; Apr. 11.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 16 - Regulation Of Pharmacists
65-1626 Pharmacy act; definitions.
65-1626a Practice of pharmacy defined; persons engaged as pharmacists.
65-1627a Same; jurisdiction of board; petition, who may file; stipulation, order based thereon.
65-1627b Same; direction by board to file petition or to prosecute.
65-1627c Same; form of petition, rules.
65-1627f Same; powers of board; term of suspension, probation or revocation; hearing; orders.
65-1627h Costs of proceedings.
65-1627k Certain records of board of pharmacy confidential; exceptions.
65-1628 Order; judicial review.
65-1629 Inspection of drugs by board; samples; analyses; publication of results.
65-1630 Rules and regulations.
65-1633 Change of mailing address or email address of pharmacist.
65-1634 Responsibility for quality of drugs sold; adulteration or mislabeling unlawful.
65-1636 Sale of drugs limited to pharmacies; violations; exceptions.
65-1637a Institutional drug rooms; supervision and record-keeping; rules and regulations.
65-1637e Compounding of drugs and distribution of compounded drugs; rules and regulations.
65-1638 Sale of drugs and poisons by registered pharmacist.
65-1640 Act not applicable to manufacture or to certain sales of poisons.
65-1641 Display of pharmacist license; when unlawful.
65-1644 Duplicate licenses, registrations and permits; fees.
65-1647 Repeated violations of act or rules and regulations may be enjoined.
65-1650 Regulation of advertising of prescription-only drugs; exceptions and exclusions.
65-1651 Sections part of and supplemental to pharmacy act.
65-1653 References to registered pharmacists deemed to apply to licensed pharmacists.
65-1654 Privileged communications.
65-1658 Civil fines for violations.
65-1668 Utilization of unused medications act; not applicable to certain medications.
65-1670 Same; duties of the board of pharmacy; duties of qualifying center or clinic.
65-1671 Same; criteria for accepting unused medications; dispensing.
65-1672 Same; participation; adult care homes; powers and duties of a qualifying center or clinic.
65-1673 Same; criminal and civil liability under the act.
65-1674 Same; rules and regulations; duties of the board of pharmacy.
65-1675 Same; duties of the secretary of health and environment; records.
65-1677 Collaborative drug therapy management advisory committee; purpose and membership.
65-1680 Epinephrine kits in schools; rules and regulations.
65-1681 Prescription monitoring program act.
65-1684 Same; charges and fees prohibited.
65-1686 Same; another agency as contractor.
65-1687 Same; maintenance of records.
65-1688 Same; act does not create civil liability or duty.
65-1689 Same; advisory committee created; members; terms.
65-1690 Same; advisory committee in cooperation with other entities.
65-1691 Same; board consultation with advisory committee; annual report.
65-1692 Same; rules and regulations.
65-1694 Same; veterinary prescription monitoring program task force; study; members; report.
65-1694a Same; prescription monitoring program fund created.
65-1696 State board of pharmacy; fingerprinting and criminal history.
65-16,103 Same; no cost charged to pharmacies; funding of program.
65-16,104 Same; confidential information; authorized access to data in the log.
65-16,106 Same; rules and regulations.
65-16,121 Pharmacy audit integrity act.
65-16,123 Same; procedural requirements.
65-16,124 Same; audit reports; recoupment and repayment of funds; access to audit information.
65-16,125 Same; final report; availability.
65-16,126 Same; application of the act.
65-16,128 Electronic transmission of prescription orders required, when; exceptions.
65-16,129 Pharmacists authorized to administer drugs, when; exceptions.