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Iowa Code § 155A.42

Limited distributor license

Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2012
1. A person shall not act as a limited drug and device distributor without a license. The license shall be identified as a limited drug and device distributor license.
2. The board shall establish, by rule, standards for limited drug and device distributors and may define specific types of limited drug and device distributors. The board may identify, by rule, specific prescription drugs or classes of noncontrolled prescription drugs, which may be distributed by a limited drug and device distributor.
1. A person other than a wholesale distributor, licensed pharmacy, or practitioner, shall not engage in any of the following activities in this state without a limited distributor license:
a. Distribution of a medical gas or device at wholesale or to a patient pursuant to a prescription drug order.
b. Wholesale distribution of a prescription animal drug.
c. Wholesale distribution of a prescription drug, or brokering the distribution of a prescription drug at wholesale, by a manufacturer, a manufacturer’s co-licensed partner, or a repackager.
d. Intracompany distribution of a prescription drug, including pharmacy chain distribution centers.
e. Distribution at wholesale of a combination product as defined by the United States food and drug administration, medical convenience kit, intravenous fluid or electrolyte, dialysis solution, radioactive drug, or irrigation or sterile water solution to be dispensed by prescription only.
f. Distribution of a dialysis solution by the manufacturer or the manufacturer’s agent to a patient pursuant to a prescription drug order, provided that a licensed pharmacy processes the prescription drug order.
3. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to the issuance of a limited drug and device distributor license. The rules shall provide for conditions of licensure, compliance standards, licensure fees, disciplinary action, and other relevant matters.
2. The board shall adopt rules establishing the requirements for a limited distributor license, licensure fees, compliance standards, and any other relevant matters. A limited distributor shall not be required to have an onsite pharmacist.
4. The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a limited drug and device distributor’s license for failure to meet the applicable standards or for a violation of the laws of this state, another state, or the United States relating to prescription drugs or controlled substances, or for a violation of this chapter, chapter 124, 124A, 124B, 126, 205, or 272C, or a rule of the board.
3. The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a limited distributor’s license, or otherwise discipline a limited distributor, for failure to meet the applicable standards or for a violation of the laws of this state, another state, or the United States, or for a violation of this chapter, chapter 124, 124B, 126, or 205, or a rule of the board.

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