155A.15 - PHARMACIES -- LICENSE REQUIRED -- DISCIPLINE, VIOLATIONS, AND PENALTIES.

        155A.15  PHARMACIES -- LICENSE REQUIRED -- DISCIPLINE,
      VIOLATIONS, AND PENALTIES.
         1.  A pharmacy subject to section 155A.13 shall not be operated
      until a license or renewal certificate has been issued to the
      pharmacy by the board.
         2.  The board shall refuse to issue a pharmacy license for failure
      to meet the requirements of section 155A.13.  The board may refuse to
      issue or renew a license or may impose a fine, issue a reprimand, or
      revoke, restrict, cancel, or suspend a license, and may place a
      licensee on probation, if the board finds that the applicant or
      licensee has done any of the following:
         a.  Been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving
      moral turpitude, or if the applicant is an association, joint stock
      company, partnership, or corporation, that a managing officer has
      been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral
      turpitude, under the law of this state, another state, or the United
      States.
         b.  Advertised any prescription drugs or devices in a
      deceitful, misleading, or fraudulent manner.
         c.  Violated any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted
      under this chapter or that any owner or employee of the pharmacy has
      violated any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this
      chapter.
         d.  Delivered without legal authorization prescription drugs
      or devices to a person other than one of the following:
         (1)  A pharmacy licensed by the board.
         (2)  A practitioner.
         (3)  A person who procures prescription drugs or devices for the
      purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing, and not for resale.

         (4)  A manufacturer or wholesaler licensed by the board.
         (5)  A licensed health care facility which is furnished the drug
      or device by a pharmacy for storage in secured emergency
      pharmaceutical supplies containers maintained within the facility in
      accordance with rules of the department of inspections and appeals
      and rules of the board.
         e.  Allowed an employee who is not a licensed pharmacist to
      practice pharmacy.
         f.  Delivered mislabeled prescription or nonprescription
      drugs.
         g.  Failed to engage in or ceased to engage in the business
      described in the application for a license.
         h.  Failed to keep and maintain records as required by this
      chapter, the controlled substances Act, or rules adopted under the
      controlled substances Act.
         i.  Failed to establish effective controls against diversion
      of prescription drugs into other than legitimate medical, scientific,
      or industrial channels as provided by this chapter and other Iowa or
      federal laws or rules.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         87 Acts, ch 215, § 15; 91 Acts, ch 233, §2; 97 Acts, ch 39, §2;
      2009 Acts, ch 133, §64
         Referred to in § 155A.13A, 155A.16