155A.29 - PRESCRIPTION REFILLS.
155A.29 PRESCRIPTION REFILLS.
1. Except as specified in subsection 2, a prescription for any
prescription drug or device which is not a controlled substance shall
not be filled or refilled more than eighteen months after the date on
which the prescription was issued and a prescription which is
authorized to be refilled shall not be refilled more than twelve
times.
2. A pharmacist may exercise professional judgment by refilling a
prescription without prescriber authorization if all of the following
are true:
a. The pharmacist is unable to contact the prescriber after
reasonable effort.
b. Failure to refill the prescription might result in an
interruption of therapeutic regimen or create patient suffering.
c. The pharmacist informs the patient or the patient's
representative at the time of dispensing, and the practitioner at the
earliest convenience that prescriber reauthorization is required.
3. Prescriptions may be refilled once pursuant to subsection 2
for a period of time reasonably necessary for the pharmacist to
secure prescriber authorization.
4. An authorization to refill a prescription drug order may be
transmitted to a pharmacist by a prescriber or the prescriber's agent
through word of mouth, note, telephone, facsimile, or other means of
communication initiated by or directed by the practitioner. The
transmission shall include the information required pursuant to
section 155A.27 and, if not transmitted directly by the practitioner,
shall identify by name and title the practitioner's agent completing
the transmission. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 215, § 29; 2007 Acts, ch 19, §5; 2009 Acts, ch 69, §6