Iowa Code § 155A.46
Statewide protocols
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2022
1. A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed and approved by the board in consultation with the department of health and human services, order and administer prescription drugs, products, tests, or treatments. Each protocol, as established by rule, may define the prescription drugs, products, tests, or treatments allowed to be ordered and administered, any training or qualification required to implement the protocol, and any additional requirements deemed appropriate by the board. The board shall not develop or approve a statewide protocol permitting a pharmacist to order and administer any drug intended to induce an abortion as defined in section 146.1.
2. A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed and approved by the board in consultation with the department of health and human services and consistent with subsection 3, order and administer an immunization or vaccination. Each protocol, as established by rule, may define the immunization or vaccination allowed to be ordered and administered, any training or qualification required to implement the protocol, and any additional requirements deemed appropriate by the board.
(1) Naloxone.
(2) Nicotine replacement tobacco cessation products.
a. A pharmacist may order and administer the following to patients ages eighteen years and older:
(1) An immunization or vaccination recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention advisory committee on immunization practices in its approved vaccination schedule for adults.
(2) An immunization or vaccination recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention for international travel.
(3) A Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) vaccination in a booster application.
(4) Other emergency immunizations or vaccinations in response to a public health emergency.
(5) An immunization or vaccination for COVID-19 as defined in section 686D.2.
b. A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board in consultation with the department of public health and consistent with subsection 2, order and administer the following to patients ages six months and older:
b. A pharmacist may order and administer the following to patients ages six months and older:
(1) A vaccine or immunization for influenza.
(1) An immunization or vaccination for influenza.
(2) Other emergency immunizations or vaccines in response to a public health emergency.
(2) Other emergency immunizations or vaccines in response to a public health emergency.
c. A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board in consultation with the department of public health and consistent with subsection 2, order and administer the final two doses in a course of vaccinations for HPV to patients ages eleven years and older.
c. 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 administer the final two doses in a course of vaccinations for HPV to patients ages eleven years and older.
d. Prior to the ordering and administration of a vaccination or immunization authorized by this subsection, pursuant to statewide protocols, a licensed pharmacist shall consult and review the statewide immunization registry or health information network. The board shall adopt rules requiring the reporting of the administration of vaccines and immunizations authorized by this subsection to a patient’s primary health care provider, primary physician, and a statewide immunization registry or health information network.
d. Prior to the ordering and administration of an immunization or vaccination authorized by this subsection, pursuant to statewide protocols, a licensed pharmacist shall consult and review the statewide immunization registry or health information network. The board shall adopt rules requiring the reporting of the administration of immunizations and vaccinations authorized by this subsection to a patient’s primary health care provider, primary physician, and a statewide immunization registry or health information network.
e. A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board in consultation with the department of public health and consistent with subsection 2, order and administer the following to patients ages six years and older:
(1) Point-of-care testing and treatment for influenza, streptococcus A, and COVID-19 as defined in section 686D.2 at the point of interaction between a pharmacist and a patient.
(2) Point-of-care testing at the point of interaction between a pharmacist and a patient in response to a public health emergency.
2. A pharmacist ordering or administering a prescription drug, product, test, or treatment pursuant to subsection 1 shall do all of the following:
a. Maintain a record of all prescription drugs, products, tests, and treatments administered pursuant to this section.
b. Notify the patient’s primary health care provider of any prescription drugs, products, tests, or treatments administered to the patient, or enter such information in a patient record system also used by the primary health care provider, as permitted by the primary health care provider. If the patient does not have a primary health care provider, the pharmacist shall provide the patient with a written record of the prescription drugs, products, tests, or treatment provided to the patient and shall advise the patient to consult a physician.
c. Complete continuing pharmacy education related to statewide protocols recognized and approved by the board.
Subsection 1, paragraph a, NEW subparagraph (7)
Subsection 1, NEW paragraph e
3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a pharmacist may develop policies, procedures, and protocols to carry out the practices identified in section 155A.8, subsection 2.
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