155A.39 Program to monitor impaired pharmacists, pharmacist-interns, or pharmacy technicians — immunity and funding.
1. The board may establish a review committee and may implement a program to monitor impaired pharmacists, pharmacist-interns, and pharmacy technicians pursuant to section 272C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “k”.
2. An employee or a member of the board, a review committee member, or any other person who furnishes information, data, reports, or records in good faith for the purpose of aiding an impaired pharmacist, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacy technician, shall be immune from civil liability. This immunity from civil liability shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purpose of this section and is in addition to other immunity provided by law.
3. An employee or member of the board or a review committee member is presumed to have acted in good faith. A person alleging a lack of good faith has the burden of proof on that issue.
4. The board may add a surcharge of not more than ten percent of the applicable fee to a pharmacist license fee, pharmacist license renewal fee, pharmacist-intern registration fee, pharmacy technician registration fee, or pharmacy technician registration renewal fee authorized under this chapter to fund a program to monitor impaired pharmacists, pharmacist-interns, or pharmacy technicians.
5. The board may accept, transfer, and expend funds made available by the federal or state government or by another public or private source to be used in a program authorized by this section.
6. Funds and surcharges collected under this section shall be deposited in an account and may be used by the board to administer a program authorized by this section, but shall not be used for costs incurred for a participant’s initial evaluation, referral services, treatment, or rehabilitation subsequent to intervention.
7. The board may disclose that the license of a pharmacist, the registration of a pharmacist-intern, or the registration of a pharmacy technician who is the subject of an order of the board that is confidential pursuant to section 272C.6 is suspended, revoked, canceled, restricted, or retired; or that the pharmacist, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacy technician is in any manner otherwise limited in the practice of pharmacy; or other relevant information pertaining to the pharmacist, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacy technician which the board deems appropriate.
8. The board may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
97 Acts, ch 39, §5; 2017 Acts, ch 93, §3
Structure Iowa Code
Section 155A.2 - Legislative declaration — purpose — exceptions.
Section 155A.2A - Board of pharmacy — alternate members.
Section 155A.6 - Pharmacist internship program.
Section 155A.6A - Pharmacy technician registration.
Section 155A.6B - Pharmacy support person registration.
Section 155A.7 - Pharmacist license.
Section 155A.8 - Requirements for pharmacist license.
Section 155A.9 - Approved colleges — graduates of foreign colleges.
Section 155A.10 - Display of pharmacist license.
Section 155A.11 - Renewal of pharmacist license.
Section 155A.12 - Pharmacist license — grounds for discipline.
Section 155A.13 - Pharmacy license.
Section 155A.13A - Nonresident pharmacy license — required, renewal, discipline.
Section 155A.13B - Pharmacy internet sites.
Section 155A.13C - Outsourcing facility license — renewal, cancellation, denial, discipline.
Section 155A.14 - Renewal of pharmacy license.
Section 155A.15 - Pharmacies — license required — discipline, violations, and penalties.
Section 155A.17 - Wholesale distributor license.
Section 155A.17A - Third-party logistics provider license.
Section 155A.19 - Notifications to board.
Section 155A.20 - Unlawful use of terms and titles — impersonation.
Section 155A.21 - Unlawful possession of prescription drug or device — penalty.
Section 155A.22 - General penalty.
Section 155A.23 - Prohibited acts.
Section 155A.25 - Burden of proof.
Section 155A.26 - Enforcement — agents as peace officers.
Section 155A.27 - Requirements for prescription.
Section 155A.28 - Label of prescription drugs — interchangeable biological product list.
Section 155A.29 - Prescription refills.
Section 155A.30 - Out-of-state prescription orders.
Section 155A.31 - Reference library.
Section 155A.32 - Drug product selection — restrictions.
Section 155A.33 - Delegation of functions.
Section 155A.33A - Technician product verification programs.
Section 155A.34 - Transfer of prescriptions.
Section 155A.35 - Patient medication records.
Section 155A.36 - Medication delivery systems.
Section 155A.37 - Code of professional responsibility for board employees.
Section 155A.38 - Dispensing drug samples.
Section 155A.40 - Criminal history record checks.
Section 155A.41 - Continuous quality improvement program.
Section 155A.42 - Limited distributor license.
Section 155A.43 - Pharmaceutical collection and disposal program — annual allocation.
Section 155A.44 - Vaccine and immunization administration.
Section 155A.45 - Reports — disclosure.
Section 155A.46 - Statewide protocols.
Section 155A.47 - Pilot or demonstration research projects.
Section 155A.48 - Collaborative pharmacy practice — agreements — payment.