Senate
Study
Bill
1018
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
HEALTH/BOARD
OF
PHARMACY
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
Iowa
prescription
monitoring
program
and
1
including
an
effective
date
provision.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
124.553,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
A
pharmacist
or
prescribing
practitioner
who
3
requests
the
information
and
certifies
in
a
form
specified
4
by
the
board
that
it
is
for
the
purpose
of
providing
medical
5
or
pharmaceutical
care
to
a
patient
of
the
pharmacist
or
6
prescribing
practitioner.
Neither
a
A
pharmacist
nor
or
a
7
prescribing
practitioner
may
delegate
program
information
8
access
to
another
authorized
individual
or
agent
only
if
that
9
individual
or
agent
registers
for
program
information
access,
10
pursuant
to
board
rules,
as
an
agent
of
the
pharmacist
or
11
prescribing
practitioner.
Board
rules
shall
identify
the
12
qualifications
for
a
pharmacist’s
or
prescribing
practitioner’s
13
agent
and
shall
limit
the
number
of
agents
to
whom
each
14
pharmacist
or
prescribing
practitioner
may
delegate
program
15
information
access
.
16
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
a
prescribing
17
practitioner
may
delegate
program
information
access
to
another
18
licensed
health
care
professional
only
in
emergency
situations
19
where
the
patient
would
be
placed
in
greater
jeopardy
if
the
20
prescribing
practitioner
was
required
to
access
the
information
21
personally.
22
Sec.
2.
Section
124.558,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
1.
Failure
to
comply
with
requirements.
A
pharmacist,
25
pharmacy,
or
prescribing
practitioner
,
or
agent
of
a
pharmacist
26
or
prescribing
practitioner
who
knowingly
fails
to
comply
27
with
the
confidentiality
requirements
of
this
division
28
or
who
delegates
program
information
access
to
another
29
individual
except
as
provided
in
section
124.553,
is
subject
to
30
disciplinary
action
by
the
appropriate
professional
licensing
31
board.
A
pharmacist
or
pharmacy
that
knowingly
fails
to
32
comply
with
other
requirements
of
this
division
is
subject
to
33
disciplinary
action
by
the
board.
Each
licensing
board
may
34
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
chapter
17A
to
implement
the
35
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provisions
of
this
section
.
1
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
2009
Iowa
Acts,
Chapter
36,
section
3,
if
2
enacted,
is
repealed.
3
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
The
following
provision
4
or
provisions
of
this
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
5
importance,
take
effect
upon
enactment:
6
1.
Section
3
of
this
Act
repealing
2009
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
7
36,
section
3.
8
EXPLANATION
9
This
bill
relates
to
the
information
program
for
drug
10
prescribing
and
dispensing
known
as
the
Iowa
prescription
11
monitoring
program
(PMP).
The
Iowa
PMP
is
a
prescription
12
drug
database
program
containing
records
of
the
dispensing
of
13
prescriptions
for
identified
controlled
substances.
14
The
bill
provides
that
a
pharmacist
or
prescribing
15
practitioner
who
has
registered
for
access
to
the
Iowa
PMP
16
may
delegate
access
to
one
or
more
agents
of
the
pharmacist
17
or
prescribing
practitioner
pursuant
to
rules
of
the
board
of
18
pharmacy.
An
agent
of
a
pharmacist
or
prescribing
practitioner
19
shall
register
as
such
for
access
to
the
Iowa
PMP
and
shall
20
be
bound
by
the
same
program
provisions
and
confidentiality
21
requirements
as
the
supervising
pharmacist
or
prescribing
22
practitioner.
23
The
bill
also
repeals
a
provision
terminating
the
Iowa
PMP
24
on
June
30,
2011.
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