House File 532 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 322)

                                      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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