155A.20 - UNLAWFUL USE OF TERMS AND TITLES -- IMPERSONATION.
155A.20 UNLAWFUL USE OF TERMS AND TITLES --
IMPERSONATION.
1. A person, other than a pharmacy or wholesaler licensed under
this chapter, shall not display in or on any store, internet site, or
place of business, nor use in any advertising or promotional
literature, communication, or representation, the word or words:
"apothecary", "drug", "drug store", or "pharmacy", either in English
or any other language, any other word or combination of words of the
same or similar meaning, or any graphic representation in a manner
that would mislead the public.
2. A person shall not do any of the following:
a. Impersonate before the board an applicant applying for
licensing under this chapter.
b. Impersonate an Iowa licensed pharmacist.
c. Use the title pharmacist, druggist, apothecary, or words
of similar intent unless the person is licensed to practice pharmacy.
3. A pharmacist shall not utilize the title "Dr." or "Doctor" if
that pharmacist has not acquired the doctor of pharmacy degree from
an approved college of pharmacy or the doctor of philosophy degree in
an area related to pharmacy. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 215, § 20; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §184