HF 514 — A bill for an act relating to the practice of pharmacy, and providing for a repeal. (Formerly HSB 73.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

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HouseFile514,anActrelatingtothepracticeofpharmacy,andprovidingforarepeal.BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFileiDIVISION sherebyapprovedonthisdate.I PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND PHARMACY SUPPORT PERSONS —— REGISTRATION AND DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Section 1.

Sincerely^Section Kirn^eynoli147.107, Governorsubsection of2, Iowaparagraph cc:d, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:

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Section 147.107, subsection 2, paragraph d.

Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:

A pharmacist who dispenses prescription drugs, including but not limited to controlled substances, for human use, may delegate nonjudgmental dispensing functions only when verification of the accuracy and completeness of the dispensing is determined by the pharmacist in the pharmacist'spharmacist’s physical presence.

The pharmacist'spharmacist’s verification of the accuracy of the prescription drug dispensed shall not be required when verified by a certified pharmacy technician in a technician product verification program or a tech-check-tech program as defined in section 155A.3.

The pharmacist'spharmacist’s physical presence shall not be required when the pharmacist is remotely supervising pharmacy personnel operating in an approved a licensed House File 514, p.

NEW SUBSECTION.SUBSECTION .

"^Pharmacy“Pharmacy support person"person” means a person, other than a licensed pharmacist, a registered pharmacist-intern, or a registered pharmacy technician, who may perform nontechnical duties assigned by a supervising pharmacist under the pharmacist'spharmacist’s responsibility and supervision.

Section 155A.6A, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2021, are amended tto o read aas sfollows: f o l l o w s :

The registration shall bobe issued for a period not to exceed one year and shall not bobe renewable.

The board shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A on matters pertaining to pharmacy technician registration, application, forms, renewals, fees, termination of registration, tcch-chGck-techtech-check-tech programsyprograms, technician product verification programs, national certification, training, and any other relevant matters.

Section 155A.33, Code 2021, is amended to read as ffollows: o l l o w s :

A pharmacist may delegate any technical dispensing functions to pharmacy technicians and any nontechnical functions to pharmacy support persons,persons , but only if the pharmacist is physically prcacntpresent available to verify the accuracy and completeness provide professional oversight of the patient'spatient’s prescription prior to the delivery of the prescription to the patient or the patient'spatient’s representative delegated functions performed by the pharmacy technician or pharmacy support person.person .

HoweveryHowever, the physical presence requirement does not apply when a pharmacist is utilizing an automated dispensing system or a technician product verification program or when a pharmacist is remotely supervising a certified pharmacy technician practicing at a telepharmacy site approved by the board.—Whenboard. using an automated dispensing system or a technician product verification program^ or when remotely supervising a certified pharmacy technician practicing at an approved telepharmacy site# the pharmacist shall utilize an internal quality control assurance plan that ensures accuracy for dispensing.

When using an automated dispensing system or a technician product verification program, or when remotely supervising a certified pharmacy technician practicing at an approved telepharmacy site, the pharmacist shall utilize an internal quality control assurance plan that ensures accuracy for dispensing.

DDIVISION III VOUTSOURCING IFACILITY SILICENSE IO N O U T S O U RF A C I LL I C E N S E Sec.

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The board may recover from an outsourcing facility, prior to the issuance of a license or license renewal, the costs associated with House PileFile 514, p.

DDIVISION IIII VINFORMATION ISHARING SI I IN I N F O R M AS H A R I N G Sec.

Section 155A.45, Code 2021, is amended to read as ffollows: o l l o w s :

155A.45 InapoGtionInspection reports Reports ——— disclosure.

Notwithstanding section 272C.6, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, an inspection report in possession of the board, regardless of whether the report is based on a routine inspection or an inspection prompted by one or more complaints, may be disclosed to the national association of boards of pharmacy'spharmacy’s inspection nnetwork. e t w o r k .

Notwithstanding section 272C.6, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, any complaints, investigative information, or data collected pertaining to compounded human drug products may be disclosed to the United States food and drug administration, including through the use of an information sharing network, in order to comply with any memorandum of understanding with the United States food and drug administration.

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88. NEW SECTION.

NEW SECTION.

2011 lowaIowa Acts, chapter 63, section 36, is repealed.

PAT______________________________ 'GRASSLEY______________________________ cPAT hGRASSLEY aJAKE pCHAPMAN m a n Speaker of the House PPresident r e s i d e n t of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House PileFile 514, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.

M^I^AN______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON CChief hClerk iof eCthe lHouse e o f t h e H o u s e Approved 2_______________, 02021 2______________________________ 1KIM KREYNOLDS IGovernor R E Y N O L D G o v e r n o r