Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Kentucky Board of Pharmacy New Rules Regarding Bualbital Containing Products

Butalbital-Containing Products
Effective September 17, 2014, changes to 902 KAR 55:045 were
finalized, and it was adapted to mirror the exempt prescription product
list published in Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations 1308.32,
with the exception of butalbital-containing products.
What this means:
♦ All butalbital-containing products are Schedule III controlled
substances (CS).
♦ Prescriptions for butalbital-containing products must be reported
to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic
Reporting system.
♦ Physician assistants (PAs) cannot prescribe butalbitalcontaining
products.
♦ Refills are no longer valid for any prescription written with
refills for butalibal-containing products by a PA prior to September
17, 2014.
♦ Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) must have a valid
DEA registration to prescribe butalbital-containing products.
♦ Refills are no longer valid for any prescription written with
refills for butalbital-containing products by an APRN without
a DEA registration prior to September 17, 2014.
♦ APRNs can only prescribe a 30-day supply and cannot authorize
refills since butalbital-containing products are Schedule
III CS.
♦ Any physician who has his or her license restricted to not allow
the prescribing of CS cannot prescribe butalbital-containing
products, and any refill authorized by the above physician on
or after September 17, 2014, is no longer valid.
quoted from Kentucky Board of Pharmacy December 2014 Newsletter

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