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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in the utilization of unused medications act:
(a) “Adult care home” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto.
(b) “Community mental health center” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 39-2002, and amendments thereto.
(c) “Donating entities” means adult care homes, mail service pharmacies, institutional drug rooms and medical care facilities who [that] 1 elect to participate in the program.
(d) “Drug” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto.
(e) “Federally qualified health center” means a center that meets the requirements for federal funding under 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(1) of the public health service act, and amendments thereto, and that has been designated as a “federally qualified health center” by the federal government.
(f) “Indigent health care clinic” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto.
(g) “Institutional drug room” has the meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto.
(h) “Mail service pharmacy” means a licensed Kansas pharmacy that ships, mails or delivers by any lawful means a lawfully dispensed medication in tamper-resistant packaging to residents of this state or another state.
(i) “Medical care facility” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto.
(j) “Medically indigent” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto.
(k) “Medication” means a prescription drug or drug as defined by this section.
(l) “Mid-level practitioner” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto.
(m) “Practitioner” has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto.
(n) “Prescription drug” means a drug that may be dispensed only upon prescription of a practitioner or mid-level practitioner authorized by law and that is approved for safety and effectiveness as a prescription drug under section 505 or 507 of the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. § 301.
(o) “Qualifying center or clinic” means an indigent health care clinic, federally qualified health center or community mental health center.
(p) “Samples of medications or injectables” means a unit of drug that is not intended to be sold and is intended to promote the sale of the drug.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 65. Public Health § 65-1669. Same; definitions - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-65-public-health/ks-st-sect-65-1669/
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