Please be aware that the information given assumes that you practice emergency medicine in an emergency department. There may be several additional areas of this law that may be applicable to your practice if your role is something other than an emergency physician.

Before getting into specific emergency department patient care issues. The law has changed your requirements to maintain or receive your Kentucky license. As previous stated there is

• Mandatory registration with the state's Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system, known as KASPER, for all physicians registered with the DEA. If the Cabinet becomes aware of a physician's failure to comply with the KASPER registration and reporting requirements, the Cabinet must notify the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. The notification shall be treated as a complaint against the physician.
• Mandatory Continuing Medical Education related to KASPER, pain management, or addiction disorders. Every physician registered with the DEA shall be required to have 4.5 continuing medical education hours per three- year period in topics related to KASPER, pain management, or addiction disorders.