Kan. Admin. Regs. § 123-12-312 - Stimulants, sedatives, drugs, or narcotics; misusing or hoarding authorized or prescribed medication
(a) No offender
shall ingest, inhale, inject, or introduce by any other means any kind of
substance into the offender's body or the body of another offender that is
capable of producing intoxication, hallucination, stimulation, depression,
dizziness, or any other alteration of the offender's state of consciousness or
feeling, except for the following:
(1)
Approved foods and beverages. Alcohol in any form shall not be deemed an
approved food or beverage unless the alcohol is a medicinal ingredient in an
authorized or prescribed medication; and
(2) any legal drugs, including medication
properly and legally prescribed or authorized for the offender by an authorized
licensed physician.
(b)
The misuse or hoarding of any authorized or prescribed medication shall be
prohibited and shall be defined as follows:
(1) "Misuse" shall mean any use other than
that for which the medication was specifically authorized or prescribed.
(2) "Hoarding" shall mean having
possession or control of or holding any quantity of authorized or prescribed
medication greater than the amount or dosage that has been issued to the
offender by medical staff, or greater than the amount that should be remaining
if the offender has taken the medication in accordance with the prescription
and instructions from medical staff. Approved over-the-counter medications
shall be purchased or possessed only in reasonably consumable quantities.
(c) No offender, while
in possession or control of any medication, shall leave the medical unit or the
area where the medication is issued, unless the removal of the medication from
the unit or area has been authorized by medical staff.
(d) Each violation of this regulation shall
be a class I offense.
This regulation shall be effective on and after April 8, 2005.
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