65-1696. State board of pharmacy; fingerprinting and criminal history. (a) As part of an original application for or reinstatement of any license, registration, permit or certificate or in connection with any investigation of any holder of a license, registration, permit or certificate, the state board of pharmacy may require a person to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be used to identify the person and to determine whether the person has a record of criminal history in this state or other jurisdiction. The state board of pharmacy is authorized to submit the fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for a state and national criminal history record check. The state board of pharmacy may use the information obtained from fingerprinting and the criminal history for purposes of verifying the identification of the person and in the official determination of the qualifications and fitness of the person to be issued or to maintain a license, registration, permit or certificate.
(b) Local and state law enforcement officers and agencies shall assist the state board of pharmacy in taking and processing of fingerprints of applicants for and holders of any license, registration, permit or certificate and shall release all records of adult convictions and nonconvictions and adult convictions or adjudications of another state or country to the state board of pharmacy.
(c) The state board of pharmacy may fix and collect a fee as may be required by the board in an amount equal to the cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check. Any moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the pharmacy fee fund. The board of pharmacy shall remit all moneys received by or for it from fees, charges or penalties to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the pharmacy fee fund.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas.
History: L. 2009, ch. 131, ยง 10; July 1.
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.