KRS 217.400: Poison defined -- Sale restricted -- Register to be kept.

(1) A poison is any drug, chemical or preparation that, according to standard works on

medicine or medica, is liable to be destructive to adult human life in quantities of

sixty (60) grains or less.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, no person shall sell or retail any

poison without affixing to the package containing it a label printed or plainly

written containing the name of the article, the word "poison," and the name and

place of business of the seller, with the common name of two (2) or more readily

accessible antidotes, nor shall he deliver poison to any person without satisfying

himself that the poison is to be used for legitimate purposes. Any person selling or

dispensing any poison that is known to be destructive to adult human li fe in

quantities of five (5) grains or less shall, before delivering it, enter in a book kept

for that purpose the name of the seller, the name and residence of the buyer, the

name of the article, the quantity sold or disposed of, and the purpose for which it is

said to be intended. The book of registry shall be preserved for at least two (2) years

after the date of the last entry, and shall at all times be open to the inspection of the

coroner of the county in which it is kept, and the members or authorize d inspectors

of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy.

(3) The emmenagogues or abortives known as tansy, pennyroyal, rue, savin, ergot,

cotton root and their preparations, patent or otherwise, shall be sold at retail or

dispensed only upon the original written pr escription of a legally qualified

physician. The prescription shall be filled but once and no copy shall be taken by

any person.

(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons in not

unusual quantities or doses, on physicia ns' prescriptions, nor to the sale to

agriculturists or horticulturists of articles commonly used by them as insecticides.