Kentucky Senate Bill 99 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-25 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 315.010 to define "quality assurance program"; amend KRS 315.035 to prohibit the renewal or issuance of pharmacy licenses unless the applicant makes an affirmative statement that a system is in place to identify, evaluate, and respond to medication errors; amend KRS 315.0351 to prohibit the renewal or issuance of pharmacy licenses to out-of-state pharmacies unless the applicant makes an affirmative statement that a system is in place to identify, evaluate, and respond to medication errors; amend KRS 315.121 to clarify that the act of making a medication error does not, without proof of gross negligence or willful disregard for the safety of the patient, constitute unprofessional or unethical conduct for pharmacists and pharmacist interns; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require every pharmacy to establish a quality assurance program that, at a minimum documents medical errors attributable to the pharmacy or its personnel; clarify that documents generated by a quality assurance program are peer review documents not subject to discovery, except by the board of pharmacy or government agencies with jurisdiction over the pharmacy; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2011.

AN ACT relating to quality assurance in pharmacies.

Sen. Tom Buford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-25		to Health & Welfare (S)
2010-01-22		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB99.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB99/bill.doc