As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (a) "Board" means the state board of pharmacy.
(b) "Dispenser" means a practitioner or pharmacist who delivers a scheduled substance or drug of concern to an ultimate user, but does not include:
- (1) A licensed hospital pharmacy that distributes such substances for the purpose of inpatient hospital care;
- (2) a medical care facility as defined in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto, practitioner or other authorized person who administers such a substance;
- (3) a registered wholesale distributor of such substances;
- (4) a veterinarian licensed by the Kansas board of veterinary examiners who dispenses or prescribes a scheduled substance or drug of concern; or
- (5) a practitioner who has been exempted from the reporting requirements of this act in rules and regulations promulgated by the board.
- (c) "Drug of concern" means any drug that demonstrates a potential for abuse and is designated as a drug of concern in rules and regulations promulgated by the board.
- (d) "Patient" means the person who is the ultimate user of a drug for whom a prescription is issued or for whom a drug is dispensed, or both.
- (e) "Pharmacist" means an individual currently licensed by the board to practice the profession of pharmacy in this state.
- (f) "Practitioner" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or other person authorized by law to prescribe or dispense scheduled substances and drugs of concern.
- (g) "Scheduled substance" means controlled substances included in schedules II, III or IV of the schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4107, 65-4109 and 65-4111, and amendments thereto, respectively, or the federal controlled substances act (21 U.S.C. § 812).
L. 2008, ch. 104, § 2; July 1.