124.555 - ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED.
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. Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1147, §6, 11; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §31, 32; 2008 Acts,
ch 1088, §82
Referred to in § 124.551, 124.554 Footnotes
For future repeal of this section effective June 30, 2011, see
2009 Acts, ch 36, § 3