{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.5636","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.5636","heading":"Drug Management Review Advisory Board -- Membership -- Officers --","body":"Meetings.\n(1) A Drug Management Review Advisory Board is hereby established and attached to\nthe Cabinet for Health and Family Services for administrative purposes. The board\nshall con sist of sixteen (16) members to be appointed by the secretary of the\nCabinet for Health and Family Services and shall be constituted as follows:\n(a) Five (5) members shall be physicians, one (1) each from the fields of family\nmedicine, internal medicine, p ediatrics, and geriatrics. The fifth physician\nappointed shall be from any other recognized field of medicine. Two (2) of the\nabove indicated physicians shall be representatives of the two (2) current\nmedical schools in the Commonwealth, the University of Kentucky and the\nUniversity of Louisville Schools of Medicine;\n(b) Five (5) members shall be pharmacists, at least one (1) of whom shall be\ndesignated as the representative of the University of Kentucky College of\nPharmacy;\n(c) Two (2) members shall be advanced practice registered nurses;\n(d) One (1) member shall be an optometrist and one (1) member shall be a\nphysician's assistant;\n(e) One (1) member shall be a representative of the Cabinet for Health and Family\nServices designated to serve on an ex officio basis; and\n(f) One (1) nonvoting member shall be a member of the pharmaceutical\nmanufacturing industry.\n(2) (a) The physician members of the board shall be appointed from a list of three (3)\nqualified physicians for each vacancy submitted by the Kentucky  Medical\nAssociation.\n(b) The pharmacist members of the board shall be appointed from a list of three\n(3) qualified pharmacists for each vacancy submitted by the Kentucky\nPharmacy Association.\n(c) The advanced practice registered nurse members of the board  shall be\nappointed from a list of three (3) for each vacancy, submitted by the Kentucky\nNurses Association.\n(d) The optometrist shall be appointed from a list of three (3) qualified\noptometrists submitted by the Kentucky Optometric Association.\n(e) The physician's assistant shall be appointed from a list of three (3) qualified\nphysicians assistants submitted by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.\n(3) The secretary may appoint one (1) nonvoting industry representative to be selected\nfrom a list of three (3) members nominated from the Pharmaceutical Research and\nManufacturers of America. The secretary may request additional names for\nappointments and current members may be considered for reappointment. All\nmembers of the board shall be licens ed and actively practicing in their respective\nprofessions in the Commonwealth and shall have knowledge or expertise in at least\none (1) of the following areas:\n(a) The clinically appropriate prescribing, utilization, and evaluation of\npharmaceuticals;\n(b) The clinically appropriate dispensing and monitoring of pharmaceuticals;\n(c) Drug utilization review, pharmacoeconomic and pharmacoepidemiological\nevaluation and intervention, pharmacotherapeutic intervention methods in\ndisease management using treatment algorithms, critical paths, and other\nmeasures that have been well defined and validated; and\n(d) Medical quality assurance.\n(4) Three (3) of the initially appointed physician members, three (3) of the initially\nappointed pharmacist members, and one (1) of  the initially appointed advanced\npractice registered nurses shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year. The\nremaining initial members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years.\nSubsequent appointments shall be for a term of two (2) years. Members shall serve\nfor no more than three (3) consecutive terms. The board shall designate a chair and\nvice chair. A member shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms as chair.\n(5) The first meeting of the board shall take place within thirty (30) days of  the\nappointment of all the members of the board.\n(6) The board shall meet at least quarterly, or upon the call of the chair or the\ncommissioner. A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a\nquorum. All meetings shall be conducted in ac cordance with the provisions of the\nOpen Meetings Act, KRS 61.805 to 61.850, and all balloting shall take place by roll\ncall vote.\n(7) Actions of the board shall require a majority vote of the members present or\nparticipating through distance communication technology. No member may vote on\na matter where a conflict of interest may exist. The chair may vote on any matter\nbefore the board unless a conflict of interest exists.","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=7721","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:03Z","sha256":"463bf69841361686e74de791896114b8fbcae04829a153530c7e7a9f5037414c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.5634","next":"us-ky/krs-205.5638"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}