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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 315.208: Dispensing prescription issued by a practitioner who has died --

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  1. KRS Chapter 315

Limitations.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a pharmacist is

aware that a practitioner has died, a prescription issued by that practitioner may

continue to be dispensed based on the pharmacist's professional judgment and no

later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which the

practitioner died.

(2) Nothing in this section authorizes the dispensing of a prescription that was issued

for a controlled substance unless permitted under the federal Controlled Substances

Act and regulations of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.

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