Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 72.026.Testing for presence of controlled substances in post-mortem examination; when required; reporting of drug overdose; administrative regulations

(a) The state registrar of vital statistics and the Department of Kentucky State Police. The notice shall include any information relating to the drug that resulted in the overdose. The state registrar of vital statistics shall not enter the information on the deceased person's death certificate unless the information is already on the death certificate;

(b) The licensing board for the individual who prescribed or dispensed the medication, if known. The notice shall include any information relating to the drug that resulted in the overdose, including the individual authorized by law to prescribe or dispense drugs who dispensed or prescribed the drug to the decedent; and

(c) For coroners only, the Commonwealth's attorney and a local law enforcement agency in the circuit where the death occurred, if the death resulted from the use of a Schedule I controlled substance. The notice shall include all information as to the types and concentrations of Schedule I drugs detected.

This subsection shall not apply to reporting the name of a pharmacist who dispensed a drug based on a prescription.