155A.13A - NONRESIDENT PHARMACY LICENSE -- REQUIRED, RENEWAL, DISCIPLINE. - Iowa Statutes

155A.13A NONRESIDENT PHARMACY LICENSE -- REQUIRED, RENEWAL, DISCIPLINE. 1. License required. A pharmacy located outside of this state which delivers, dispenses, or distributes by any method, prescription drugs or devices to an ultimate user in this state shall obtain a nonresident pharmacy license from the board. The board shall make available an application form for a nonresident pharmacy license and shall require such information it deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section. A nonresident pharmacy shall do all of the following in order to obtain a nonresident pharmacy license from the board: a. Submit a completed application form and an application fee as determined by the board. b. Submit evidence of possession of a valid license, permit, or registration as a pharmacy in compliance with the laws of the state in which it is located, a copy of the most recent inspection report resulting from an inspection conducted by the regulatory or licensing agency of the state in which it is located, and evidence of compliance with all legal directions and requests for information issued by the regulatory or licensing agency of the state in which it is located. c. Submit a list of the names, titles, and locations of all principal owners, partners, or officers of the nonresident pharmacy, all pharmacists employed by the nonresident pharmacy who deliver, dispense, or distribute by any method prescription drugs to an ultimate user in this state, and of the pharmacist in charge of the nonresident pharmacy. A nonresident pharmacy shall update the list within thirty days of any addition, deletion, or other change to the list. d. Submit evidence that the nonresident pharmacy maintains records of the controlled substances delivered, dispensed, or distributed to ultimate users in this state. e. Submit evidence that the nonresident pharmacy provides, during its regular hours of operation for at least six days and for at least forty hours per week, toll-free telephone service to facilitate communication between ultimate users in this state and a pharmacist who has access to the ultimate user's records in the nonresident pharmacy, and that the toll- free number is printed on the label affixed to each container of prescription drugs delivered, dispensed, or distributed in this state. 2. License renewal. A nonresident pharmacy shall renew its license on or before January 1 annually. In order to renew a nonresident pharmacy license, a nonresident pharmacy shall submit a renewal fee as determined by the board, and shall fulfill all of the requirements of subsection 1, paragraphs "b" through "e". A nonresident pharmacy shall pay an additional fee for late renewal as determined by the board. 3. Discipline. The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a nonresident pharmacy license for any violation of this section, section 155A.15, subsection 2, paragraph "a", "b", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", or "i", chapter 124, 124A, 124B, 126, or 205, or a rule of the board.          Section History: Recent Form 91 Acts, ch 233, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1009, §18 Referred to in § 155A.13B