124.212C - PSEUDOEPHEDRINE ADVISORY COUNCIL -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

        124.212C  PSEUDOEPHEDRINE ADVISORY COUNCIL --
      ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
         1.  The office shall establish a pseudoephedrine advisory council
      to provide input and advise the office regarding the implementation
      and maintenance of the statewide real-time central repository
      established under section 124.212B to monitor sales of
      pseudoephedrine.  The office shall specify the duties,
      responsibilities, and other related matters of the advisory council.

         2. a.  The council shall consist of four licensed pharmacists.
      The office shall solicit recommendations for membership on the
      council from the Iowa pharmacy association and Iowa retail
      federation, and shall appoint members from the recommendations.  The
      council shall include a member from an independent pharmacy, a member
      from a regional chain pharmacy, and a member from a national chain
      pharmacy.  The license of any member must be current and not subject
      to disciplinary sanctions.
         b.  The council shall also consist of four members of the
      general assembly serving as ex officio, nonvoting members, one
      representative to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
      representatives, one representative to be appointed by the minority
      leader of the house of representatives, one senator to be appointed
      by the majority leader of the senate after consultation with the
      president of the senate, and one senator to be appointed by the
      minority leader of the senate.
         3.  The council may make recommendations regarding the
      implementation and maintenance of the statewide real-time central
      repository monitoring system under section 124.212B.
         4.  The council shall do the following:
         a.  Assist the office in implementing and maintaining the
      statewide real-time central repository monitoring system.
         b.  Assist the office in developing utilization guidance
      related to the statewide real-time central repository monitoring
      system and disseminating such guidance.
         c.  Assist the office in developing guidelines to ensure
      patient confidentiality and the integrity of the relationship
      established by the patient and the patient's health care provider.
         5.  All members of the council shall receive actual and necessary
      expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2009 Acts, ch 25, §5