IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
124.501 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT.
124.501 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT.
The department is primarily responsible for the enforcement of
this chapter, and all other laws and regulations of this state,
relating to controlled or counterfeit substances, or simulated or
imitation controlled substances{, except that the board is primarily
responsible for making accountability audits of the supply and
inventory of controlled substances in the possession of pharmacists,
doctors, hospitals, and health care facilities as defined in section
135C.1, subsection 6, as well as in the possession of any and all
other individuals or institutions authorized to have possession of
any controlled substances, and is also primarily responsible for any
other duties in respect to controlled substances as specifically
delegated to the board by law. An officer or employee of the board
may, when so directed or authorized by the board:
1. Execute and serve search warrants, administrative inspection
warrants, subpoenas, and summonses issued under the authority of this
state.
2. Make seizures of property pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 3169.19; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 204.20, 204.26; C66,
71, § 204.19; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 204.501; 82 Acts, ch 1147, § 10]
Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 124.501
Referred to in § 124.502
mitation controlled substances, chapter 124A