Bill Text: IA HF322 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to prescribing practitioner registration with the drug prescribing and dispensing information program. (See HF 532.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Withdrawn. H.J. 796. [HF322 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF322-Introduced.html

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House File 322 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  R. TAYLOR

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to prescribing practitioner registration with
  2    the drug prescribing and dispensing information program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  124.551A  Prescribing practitioner
  1  2 program registration.
  1  3    A prescribing practitioner shall register for the program at
  1  4 the same time the practitioner applies to the board to register
  1  5 or renews registration to prescribe controlled substances as
  1  6 required by the board.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 10    This bill requires a prescribing practitioner to register
  1 11 for the drug prescribing and dispensing information program,
  1 12 also referred to as the Iowa prescription monitoring program,
  1 13 at the same time the practitioner applies to the board of
  1 14 pharmacy to register or renews registration to prescribe
  1 15 controlled substances as required by the board. Code section
  1 16 124.550 defines "prescribing practitioner" as a practitioner
  1 17 who has prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of
  1 18 a prescription for the patient about whom information is
  1 19 requested.
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