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194A.452 Legend Drug Repository Program to be established -- Purpose -- Permitted donations -- Voluntary participation -- Handling fee -- Distribution.

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194A.452 Legend Drug Repository Program to be established -- Purpose -- Permitted donations -- Voluntary participation -- Handling fee -- Distribution. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish and maintain a legend drug repository program to support the donation of a legend drug or supplies needed to <br>administer a legend drug for use by an individual who meets the eligibility criteria specified <br>by an administrative regulation promulgated by the cabinet. The repository program shall <br>not accept any controlled substance. (2) Donations may be made on the premises of a health facility or pharmacy that elects to participate in the program and meets requirements specified by the cabinet by an <br>administrative regulation promulgated by the cabinet. (3) The health facility may charge a handling fee to an individual who received a legend drug or supplies under the program established under this section, except that the fee shall not <br>exceed the amount established by an administrative regulation promulgated by the cabinet. (4) A health facility or pharmacy that receives a donated legend drug under this section may distribute the legend drug or supplies to another eligible health facility or pharmacy for use <br>under the program created under this section. (5) Nothing in this section or KRS 194A.454 shall require a health facility, pharmacy, pharmacist, or practitioner to participate in the program established in this section. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective June 20, 2005. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and <br>officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of <br>the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.