KRS 218A.230: Controlled substances -- Possession, forfeiture, disposition -- Records,

inspection.

All controlled substances, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to

which cannot be ascertained, which have come into the custody of a peace officer, shall

be forfeited and disposed of as follows:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court having jurisdiction shall

order such controlled substances forfeited and destroyed. A record of the place

where said drugs were seized, of the kinds and quantities of drugs so destroyed, and

of the time, place, and manner of destruction, shall be kept.

(2) The court by whom the forfeiture of controlled substances has been decreed may

order the delivery of same to the Cabinet for Health and Fa mily Services for

destruction. Practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals, and nursing homes may

voluntarily surrender controlled substances to the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services for destruction.

(3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall keep a record of all substances

received and of all substances disposed of, showing the exact kinds, quantities, and

forms of such substances, the persons from whom received and the time, place, and

manner of destruction.

(4) Prescriptions, orders, and records, required by this chapter, and stocks of controlled

substances, shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and municipal

officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States

relating to controlled substances.

(5) No pharmacist, practitioner, manufacturer, or wholesaler or other custodian of

records, prescriptions, or orders required by this chapter shall refuse to permit the

inspection thereof by any federal, state, county or municipal officer whose duty it is

to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled

substances.