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Relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners
Sponsored by Rep. Cindy Golding (R)
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2026
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of practitioners and pharmacists. The bill prohibits the board of pharmacy and any health-related professional board under Code chapter 147 (general provisions, health-related professions) (boards) that license a pharmacist or practitioner and any employer of a pharmacist or practitioner from restricting the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, or administering authority of a pharmacist or practitioner, consistent with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s scope of practice as restricted by law, in a way that acts as a deterrent for the pharmacist or practitioner to use a medication or treatment in accordance with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s best professional judgment.
Read the full explanation
The bill also provides that any restriction by an employer of a pharmacist or practitioner that is prohibited under the bill, whether or not documented by the employer as part of a contract, agreement, or employee handbook, by an amendment to any such document, or by any other means, is unenforceable and shall not be the basis for any disciplinary action by the employer. The bill also provides that a pharmacist or practitioner who uses a medication or treatment in accordance with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s best professional judgment and consistent with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s scope of practice, as restricted by law, under the bill, shall not be subject to licensee discipline.3 defines “pharmacist” as a person licensed by the board of pharmacy to practice pharmacy; and “practitioner” as a physician, dentist, podiatric physician, prescribing psychologist, veterinarian, optometrist, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or other person licensed or registered to prescribe, distribute, or dispense a prescription drug or device in the course of professional practice in this state or a person licensed by another state in a health field in which, under Iowa law, licensees in this state may legally prescribe drugs.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§155A.49
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- SF 2122 Relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmaci…90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · nearly identicalCleared committee
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- SF 313 Relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmaci…91st General Assembly · Approved by committeeNearly identical
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