124.555 Advisory council established.
An advisory council shall be established to provide oversight to the board and the program and to comanage program activities. The board and advisory council shall jointly adopt rules specifying the duties and activities of the advisory council and related matters.
1. The council shall consist of eight members appointed by the governor. The members shall include three licensed pharmacists, four physicians licensed under chapter 148, and one licensed prescribing practitioner who is not a physician. The governor shall solicit recommendations for council members from Iowa health professional licensing boards, associations, and societies. The license of each member appointed to and serving on the advisory council shall be current and in good standing with the professional’s licensing board.
2. The council shall advance the goals of the program, which include identification of misuse and diversion of controlled substances identified pursuant to section 124.554, subsection 1, paragraph “g”, and enhancement of the quality of health care delivery in this state.
3. Duties of the council shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. Ensuring the confidentiality of the patient, prescribing practitioner, and dispensing pharmacist and pharmacy.
b. Respecting and preserving the integrity of the patient’s treatment relationship with the patient’s health care providers.
c. Encouraging and facilitating cooperative efforts among health care practitioners and other interested and knowledgeable persons in developing best practices for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances and in educating health care practitioners and patients regarding controlled substance use and abuse.
d. Making recommendations regarding the continued benefits of maintaining the program in relationship to cost and other burdens to the patient, prescribing practitioner, pharmacist, and the board. The council’s recommendations shall be included in reports required by section 124.554, subsection 2.
e. One physician and one pharmacist member of the council shall include in their duties the responsibility for monitoring and ensuring that patient confidentiality, best interests, and civil liberties are at all times protected and preserved during the existence of the program.
4. Members of the advisory council shall be eligible to request and receive actual expenses for their duties as members of the advisory council, subject to reimbursement limits imposed by the department of administrative services, and shall also be eligible to receive a per diem compensation as provided in section 7E.6, subsection 1.
2006 Acts, ch 1147, §6, 11; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §31, 32; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §82
Referred to in §124.551, 124.554
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 124 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Section 124.101 - Definitions.
Section 124.101A - Administration of controlled substances — delegation.
Section 124.101B - Factors indicating an imitation controlled substance.
Section 124.201 - Duty to recommend changes in schedules — temporary amendments to schedules.
Section 124.201A - Cannabis-derived products — rules.
Section 124.202 - Controlled substances — listed regardless of name.
Section 124.203 - Substances listed in schedule I — criteria.
Section 124.204 - Schedule I — substances included.
Section 124.205 - Substances listed in schedule II — criteria.
Section 124.206 - Schedule II — substances included.
Section 124.207 - Substances listed in schedule III — criteria.
Section 124.208 - Schedule III — substances included.
Section 124.209 - Substances listed in schedule IV — criteria.
Section 124.210 - Schedule IV — substances included.
Section 124.211 - Schedule V — criteria.
Section 124.212 - Schedule V — substances included.
Section 124.212B - Pseudoephedrine sales — tracking — penalty.
Section 124.212C - Pseudoephedrine advisory council — electronic monitoring.
Section 124.213 - Pseudoephedrine purchase restrictions from pharmacy or retailer — penalty.
Section 124.302 - Registration requirements.
Section 124.303 - Registration.
Section 124.304 - Revocation, suspension, or restriction of registration.
Section 124.305 - Contested case proceedings.
Section 124.306 - Records of registrants.
Section 124.307 - Order forms.
Section 124.308 - Prescriptions.
Section 124.401C - Manufacturing methamphetamine in presence of minors.
Section 124.401G - Iowa hemp Act — negligent violation program.
Section 124.402 - Prohibited acts — distributors — registrants — proprietors — penalties.
Section 124.404 - Penalties under other laws.
Section 124.405 - Bar to prosecution.
Section 124.406 - Distribution to person under age eighteen.
Section 124.406A - Use of persons under age eighteen in the drug trade.
Section 124.407 - Gatherings where controlled substances unlawfully used — penalties.
Section 124.408 - Joint criminal trials.
Section 124.409 - Conditional discharge, commitment for treatment, and probation.
Section 124.410 - Accommodation offense.
Section 124.411 - Second or subsequent offenses.
Section 124.412 - Notice of conviction.
Section 124.413 - Mandatory minimum sentence — parole eligibility.
Section 124.414 - Drug paraphernalia.
Section 124.415 - Parental and school notification — persons under eighteen years of age.
Section 124.416 - Exception to restrictions on bail.
Section 124.417 - Imitation controlled substances — exceptions.
Section 124.418 - Persons seeking medical assistance for drug-related overdose.
Section 124.501 - Responsibility for enforcement.
Section 124.502 - Administrative inspections and warrants.
Section 124.503 - Injunctions.
Section 124.504 - Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality.
Section 124.506 - Controlled substances — disposal.
Section 124.506A - Large seizure of a controlled substance — evidence and disposal.
Section 124.507 - Burden of proof — liabilities.
Section 124.508 - Judicial review.
Section 124.509 - Education and research.
Section 124.510 - Reports of arrests and analyses to department.
Section 124.550 - Definitions.
Section 124.551 - Information program for drug prescribing and dispensing.
Section 124.551A - Prescribing practitioner program registration.
Section 124.552 - Information reporting.
Section 124.553 - Information access.
Section 124.554 - Rules and reporting.
Section 124.555 - Advisory council established.
Section 124.556 - Education and treatment.
Section 124.557 - Drug information program fund — surcharge.
Section 124.558 - Prohibited acts — penalties.