{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-315.208","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 315.208","heading":"Dispensing prescription issued by a practitioner who has died --","body":"Limitations.\n(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a pharmacist is\naware that a practitioner has died, a prescription issued by that practitioner may\ncontinue to be dispensed based on the pharmacist's professional judgment and no\nlater than one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which the\npractitioner died.\n(2) Nothing in this section authorizes the dispensing of a prescription that was  issued\nfor a controlled substance unless permitted under the federal Controlled Substances\nAct and regulations of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.","path":["KRS Chapter 315"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56552","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:12Z","sha256":"f1971925d8ad4bbb12f0d3b29e8054bd70a144e40d48a8f9f8dcacf797a3c42e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-315.205","next":"us-ky/krs-315.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}