155A.4 Prohibition against unlicensed persons dispensing or distributing prescription drugs — exceptions.
1. A person shall not dispense prescription drugs unless that person is a licensed pharmacist or is authorized by section 147.107 to dispense or distribute prescription drugs.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, it is not unlawful for:
a. A limited distributor, third-party logistics provider, or wholesale distributor to distribute prescription drugs or devices as provided by state or federal law.
b. A practitioner, licensed by the appropriate state board, to dispense prescription drugs to patients as incident to the practice of the profession, except with respect to the operation of a pharmacy for the retailing of prescription drugs.
c. A practitioner, licensed by the appropriate state board, to administer drugs to patients. This chapter does not prevent a practitioner from delegating the administration of a prescription drug to a nurse, intern, or other qualified individual or, in the case of a veterinarian, to an orderly or assistant, under the practitioner’s direction and supervision.
d. A person to sell at retail a proprietary medicine, an insecticide, a fungicide, or a chemical used in the arts, if properly labeled.
e. A person to procure prescription drugs for lawful research, teaching, or testing and not for resale.
f. A pharmacy to distribute a prescription drug to another pharmacy or to a practitioner.
g. A qualified individual authorized to administer prescription drugs and employed by a home health agency or hospice to obtain, possess, and transport emergency prescription drugs as provided by state or federal law or by rules of the board.
87 Acts, ch 215, §4; 97 Acts, ch 39, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §178; 2007 Acts, ch 19, §3; 2018 Acts, ch 1141, §10, 11
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.