House File 602

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 241)

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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of a continuous quality
  2    improvement program relating to licensed pharmacy operations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  155A.40  CONTINUOUS QUALITY
  1  2 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
  1  3    1.  Each licensed pharmacy shall implement or participate
  1  4 in a continuous quality improvement program to review pharmacy
  1  5 procedures in order to identify methods for addressing
  1  6 pharmacy medication errors and for improving patient use of
  1  7 medications and patient care services.  Under the program,
  1  8 each pharmacy shall assess its practices and identify areas
  1  9 for quality improvement.
  1 10    2.  The board shall adopt rules for the administration of a
  1 11 continuous quality improvement program.  The rules shall
  1 12 address all of the following:
  1 13    a.  Program requirements and procedures.
  1 14    b.  Program record and reporting requirements.
  1 15    c.  Any other provisions necessary for the administration
  1 16 of a program.
  1 17    3.  Any record or report generated solely for and
  1 18 maintained by a pharmacy as a component of the pharmacy's
  1 19 continuous quality improvement program shall not be subject to
  1 20 discovery in any civil proceeding.  However, this subsection
  1 21 shall not prohibit the board or other authorized government
  1 22 agency from reviewing or having access to the record or report
  1 23 as necessary to protect the public health and safety.
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