135M.3 - PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONATION REPOSITORY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

        135M.3  PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONATION REPOSITORY PROGRAM
      AUTHORIZED.
         1.  The department, in cooperation with the board of pharmacy, may
      establish and maintain a prescription drug donation repository
      program under which any person may donate prescription drugs and
      supplies for use by an individual who meets eligibility criteria
      specified by the department by rule.  The department may contract
      with a third party to implement and administer the program.
         2.  Donations of prescription drugs and supplies under the program
      may be made on the premises of a medical facility or pharmacy that
      elects to participate in the program and meets the requirements
      established by the department.
         3.  The medical facility or pharmacy may charge an individual who
      receives a prescription drug or supplies a handling fee that shall
      not exceed an amount established by rule by the department.
         4. a.  A medical facility or pharmacy that receives
      prescription drugs or supplies may distribute the prescription drugs
      or supplies to another eligible medical facility or pharmacy for use
      pursuant to the program.
         b.  The department may receive prescription drugs or supplies
      directly from the prescription drug donation repository contractor
      and may distribute such prescription drugs and supplies through
      persons licensed to dispense prescription drugs and supplies to an
      eligible individual for use by the individual pursuant to the
      program.  The department may receive and distribute such prescription
      drugs or supplies under this paragraph during or in preparation for a
      state of disaster emergency proclaimed by the governor pursuant to
      section 29C.6 or during or in preparation for a public health
      disaster as defined in section 135.140, subsection 6.
         5.  Participation in the program shall be voluntary.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 97, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §22; 2009 Acts, ch 127, §2