218A.230 Controlled substances -- Possession, forfeiture, disposition -- Records,
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inspection. All controlled substances, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, which have come into the custody of a peace officer, shall be forfeited and disposed of as follows:
(1)Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court having jurisdiction shall
order such controlled substances forfeited and destroyed. A record of the place
where said drugs were seized, of the kinds and quantities of drugs so destroyed, and
of the time, place, and manner of destruction, shall be kept.
(2)The court by whom the forfeiture of controlled substances has been decreed may
order the delivery of same to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for
destruction. Practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals, and nursing homes may
voluntarily surrender controlled substances to the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services for destruction.
(3)The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall keep a record of all substances
received and of all substances disposed of, showing the exact kinds, quantities, and
forms of such substances, the persons from whom received and the time, place, and
manner of destruction.
(4)Prescriptions, orders, and records, required by this chapter, and stocks of controlled
substances, shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and municipal
officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States
relating to controlled substances.
(5)No pharmacist, practitioner, manufacturer, or wholesaler or other custodian of
records, prescriptions, or orders required by this chapter shall refuse to permit the
inspection thereof by any federal, state, county or municipal officer whose duty it is
to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled
substances.