124.558 - PROHIBITED ACTS -- PENALTIES.

        124.558  PROHIBITED ACTS -- PENALTIES.
         1.  Failure to comply with requirements.  A pharmacist,
      pharmacy, or prescribing practitioner who knowingly fails to comply
      with the confidentiality requirements of this division or who
      delegates program information access to another individual is subject
      to disciplinary action by the appropriate professional licensing
      board.  A pharmacist or pharmacy that knowingly fails to comply with
      other requirements of this division is subject to disciplinary action
      by the board.  Each licensing board may adopt rules in accordance
      with chapter 17A to implement the provisions of this section.
         2.  Unlawful access, disclosure, or use of information.  A
      person who intentionally or knowingly accesses, uses, or discloses
      program information in violation of this division, unless otherwise
      authorized by law, is guilty of a class "D" felony.  This section
      shall not preclude a pharmacist or prescribing practitioner who
      requests and receives information from the program consistent with
      the requirements of this chapter from otherwise lawfully providing
      that information to any other person for medical or pharmaceutical
      care purposes.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2006 Acts, ch 1147, §9, 11; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §34 
         Footnotes
         For future repeal of this section effective June 30, 2011, see
      2009 Acts, ch 36, § 3