65-1635. Dispensing and administering of drugs by duly licensed practitioners, nurses and other persons.
65-1635
65-1635. Dispensing and administering of drugs byduly licensedpractitioners, nurses and other persons.(a) Nothing contained in the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas shall prohibitany duly licensed practitioner from purchasing and keeping drugs,from compounding prescriptions or from administering, supplying or dispensingto such practitioner's patients such drugs as may be fit, properand necessary. Except as providedin subsection (b) or (c), such drugs shall be dispensed by such practitionerand shall comply with the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act and be subjectto inspection as provided by law.
(b) Nothing contained in the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas shallbe construed to prohibit any nurse or other person, acting under thedirection of a duly licensed practitioner, from administering drugs to apatient.
(c) Nothing contained in the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas shallbe construed to prohibit any registered nurse, acting under thesupervision of a person who is licensed to practice medicineand surgery as of July 1, 1982, from dispensing drugs to patients ofsuch person so long as the principal office of such person is,and as of July 1,1982, was, located in a city not having a registeredpharmacy within itsboundaries. For the purposes of this subsection (c), "supervision" meansguidance and direction of the dispensing of drugs by the person licensedto practice medicine and surgery who shall be physically present in thegeneral location at which the drugs are being dispensed.
(d) Nothing contained in the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas shall beconstrued to prohibit a duly registered wholesaler from distributing aprescription-only drug pursuant to aveterinarian practitioner's writtenprescription or order,where a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, as defined inK.S.A. 47-816, and amendments thereto, exists, to thelayman responsible for the control of the animal.
History: L. 1953, ch. 290, § 21; L. 1975, ch. 319, §21; L. 1982, ch. 262, § 6; L. 1982, ch. 263, § 6; L. 1983, ch. 210,§ 1;L. 1997, ch. 2, § 1;L. 1999, ch. 38, § 4; July 1.