155A.32  Drug product selection — restrictions.
  1.  If an authorized practitioner prescribes a drug, the pharmacist may exercise professional judgment in the interest of the patient by providing a therapeutic substitution for dispensing and sale to the patient.
  2.  The pharmacist shall not provide a therapeutic substitution if “dispense as written” is indicated on the prescription.
  3.  The board shall adopt rules on proper recording and notification when a therapeutic substitution is made under this section.
87 Acts, ch 215, §32; 2004 Acts, ch 1036, §17; 2017 Acts, ch 5, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1056, §19
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