Kentucky Senate Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-07 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 311.856 and 311.858 to permit a physician assistant to prescribe or dispense all legend drugs and Schedule II through V controlled substances to the extent delegated by the supervising physician; permit a physician assistant to sign for and distribute professional samples of drugs; require physician assistants authorized to prescribe drugs to register with the DEA, KASPER, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, and any applicable state-controlled substance regulatory authority; require a physician assistant, prior to prescribing controlled substances, to complete an application signed by the supervising physician and submit to the Board of Medical Licensure for approval or denial within 30 days; mandate that dispensing activities of a physician assistant comply with state and federal law and to only occur in an emergency; amend KRS 218A.010 to add physician assistants to the definition of a "practitioner."

AN ACT relating to physician assistants.

Sen. Tom Buford [R]

Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-07	Senate	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2017-01-03	Senate	introduced in Senate
2016-12-06	Senate	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB55.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB55/bill.pdf