Iowa Code § 124.550
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Definitions.
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For purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Pharmacist” means a practicing pharmacist who is actively engaged in and responsible for the pharmaceutical care of the patient about whom information is requested.
(2) “Prescribing practitioner” means a practitioner who has prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of a prescription for the patient about whom information is requested. “Prescribing practitioner” does not include a licensed veterinarian.
(3) “Proactive notification” means a notification by the board, generated based on factors determined by the board and issued to a specific prescribing practitioner or pharmacist, indicating that a patient may be practitioner shopping or pharmacy shopping or at risk of abusing or misusing a controlled substance.
(4) “Program” means the information program for drug prescribing and dispensing.
2016 Acts, ch 1052, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1138, §1, 2, 17
(1) “Pharmacist” means a practicing pharmacist who is actively engaged in and responsible for the pharmaceutical care of the patient about whom information is requested.
(2) “Prescribing practitioner” means a practitioner who has prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of a prescription for the patient about whom information is requested. “Prescribing practitioner” does not include a licensed veterinarian.
(3) “Proactive notification” means a notification by the board, generated based on factors determined by the board and issued to a specific prescribing practitioner or pharmacist, indicating that a patient may be practitioner shopping or pharmacy shopping or at risk of abusing or misusing a controlled substance.
(4) “Program” means the information program for drug prescribing and dispensing.
2016 Acts, ch 1052, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1138, §1, 2, 17
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