155A.17 - WHOLESALE DRUG LICENSE.
155A.17 WHOLESALE DRUG LICENSE.
1. A person shall not establish, conduct, or maintain a wholesale
drug business as defined in this chapter without a license. The
license shall be identified as a wholesale drug license.
2. The board shall establish standards for drug wholesaler
licensure and may define specific types of wholesaler licenses. The
board may deny, suspend, or revoke a drug wholesale license for
failure to meet the applicable standards or for a violation of the
laws of this state, another state, or the United States relating to
prescription drugs, devices, or controlled substances, or for a
violation of this chapter, chapter 124, 124A, 124B, 126, or 205, or a
rule of the board.
3. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A on matters
pertaining to the issuance of a wholesale drug license. The rules
shall provide for conditions of licensure, compliance standards,
licensure fees, disciplinary action, and other relevant matters.
Additionally, the rules shall establish provisions or exceptions for
pharmacies, chain pharmacy distribution centers, logistics providers,
and other types of wholesalers relating to pedigree requirements,
drug or device returns, and other related matters, so as not to
prevent or interfere with usual, customary, and necessary business
activities.
4. This section does not apply to a manufacturer's representative
acting in the usual course of business or employment as a
manufacturer's representative. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 215, § 17; 91 Acts, ch 233, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 179,
§180, 181