SF 336 (LSB 1661XS (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 336

BY  TRONE GARRIOTT, DONAHUE, ZIMMER, and PETERSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the ordering and dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives by a pharmacist pursuant to statewide protocols.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 155A.46, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0d.  A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board in consultation with the department of health and human services and consistent with subsection 3, order and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives to patients. For the purposes of this paragraph, “self-administered hormonal contraceptive” means a self-administered hormonal contraceptive that is approved by the United States food and drug administration to prevent pregnancy.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the authority of pharmacists to order and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives. The bill authorizes a pharmacist, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board of pharmacy in consultation with the department of health and human services and consistent with requirements for maintenance of records, notification of health care providers or provision of a written record to the patient, and continuing education, order and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives to patients. The bill defines “self-administered hormonal contraceptive”.