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65-1656. Filling transferred prescriptions; exceptions and conditions; common electronic prescription files authorized; rules and regulations. (a) Nothing contained in the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas shall prohibit a pharmacist licensed in this state from filling or refilling a valid prescription for prescription drugs not listed in schedule II of the uniform controlled substances act, that is on file in a pharmacy licensed or registered in any state and has been transferred from one pharmacy to another upon the following conditions and exceptions:

(1) Prior to dispensing pursuant to any such prescription, the dispensing pharmacist shall:

(A) Ensure records and notifications are in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the board; and

(B) obtain the consent of the prescriber to the refilling of the prescription when the prescription, in the professional judgment of the dispensing pharmacist, so requires. Any interference with the professional judgment of the dispensing pharmacist by any other licensed pharmacist, agents of the licensed pharmacist or employees shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the registration issued to the pharmacy.

(2) Upon receipt of a request for the transfer of a prescription record, if the requested pharmacist is satisfied in the professional judgment of the pharmacist that such request is valid and legal, the requested pharmacy shall:

(A) Provide such information accurately and completely;

(B) ensure records and notifications are made in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the board; and

(C) provide information in a timely manner to avoid interruption in the medication therapy of the patient.

(3) When filling or refilling a valid prescription on file in another state, the dispensing pharmacist shall be required to follow all the requirements of Kansas law that apply to the dispensing of prescription drugs. If anything in Kansas law prevents the filling or refilling of the original prescription it shall be unlawful to dispense pursuant to this section.

(4) In addition to any other requirement of this section, the transfer of original prescription information for a controlled substance listed in schedules III, IV and V for the purposes of refill dispensing shall be made in accordance with the requirements of 21 C.F.R. § 1306.25.

(b) Two or more pharmacies may establish and use a common electronic file to maintain required dispensing information. Pharmacies using such a common electronic file are not required to physically transfer prescriptions or information for dispensing purposes between or among pharmacies participating in the same common prescription file, except that any such common file must contain complete and adequate records of such prescription and refill dispensed as required by the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas.

(c) The board may adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of and to enforce the provisions of this section except that the board shall not impose greater requirements on either common electronic files or a hard copy record system.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prevent a pharmacy from forwarding to another pharmacy an original, unfilled prescription for a noncontrolled substance or electronically forwarding an original, unfilled, electronic prescription for a controlled substance, at the request of the patient, in compliance with the provisions of the federal or state uniform controlled substances act.

(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas.

History: L. 1992, ch. 304, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 247, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 86, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 106, § 12; June 3.