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A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable.

A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
CAMPBELL
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable.

A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2025 12:00PM Senate Lounge.

  3. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Campbell, Donahue, and Guth. S.J. 244 .

  4. 2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. S.J. 216 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

240

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

240

BY

CAMPBELL

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

inspection

of

compounding

pharmacies,

1

and

making

penalties

applicable.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

22.7,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

1

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

76.

Records

relating

to

the

investigation

3

and

remediation

of

an

infraction

at

a

compounding

facility

4

engaging

in

the

compounding

of

nonsterile

preparations

as

5

provided

in

section

155A.15A.

6

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

155A.15A

Compounding

facilities

——

7

inspections

——

penalties.

8

1.

a.

If

an

inspector

employed

by

the

board

discovers

9

during

the

course

of

an

inspection

that

a

compounding

facility

10

engaging

in

the

compounding

of

nonsterile

preparations

is

11

out

of

compliance

with

the

requirements

of

United

States

12

pharmacopeia

general

chapter

795,

the

inspector

shall

notify

13

the

pharmacist

in

charge

of

the

compounding

facility

of

the

14

infraction

that

the

pharmacist

in

charge

must

correct.

15

b.

If

an

inspector

employed

by

the

board

discovers

16

during

the

course

of

an

inspection

conducted

not

less

than

17

thirty

days,

or

more

than

ninety

days,

after

the

date

of

an

18

inspection

described

in

paragraph

“a”

that

the

infraction

19

identified

pursuant

to

paragraph

“a”

has

not

been

corrected,

20

the

inspector

shall

provide

comprehensive

instruction

regarding

21

the

infraction

and

the

correction

of

the

infraction

to

the

22

pharmacist

in

charge.

23

c.

If

an

inspector

employed

by

the

board

discovers

during

24

the

course

of

an

inspection

conducted

not

less

than

thirty

25

days,

or

more

than

ninety

days,

after

an

inspection

described

26

in

paragraph

“b”

that

the

infraction

identified

pursuant

to

27

paragraph

“a”

has

not

been

corrected,

the

inspector

shall

28

prescribe

mandatory

education

for

the

pharmacist

in

charge

for

29

the

correction

of

the

infraction.

30

2.

If

a

compounding

facility

engaging

in

the

compounding

31

of

nonsterile

preparations

does

not

correct

an

infraction

as

32

provided

in

subsection

1,

the

board

may

impose

a

single

fine

33

not

to

exceed

five

hundred

dollars,

which

shall

be

adjusted

34

for

inflation,

as

defined

in

section

668.15A,

by

the

board

by

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rule

on

January

1

of

each

even-numbered

year.

The

board

shall

1

not

impose

any

other

fine

or

remedy

for

a

violation

of

this

2

section.

This

subsection

shall

not

affect

damages

available

in

3

tort,

contract,

or

otherwise

for

a

violation

of

this

section.

4

EXPLANATION

5

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

6

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

7

This

bill

relates

to

the

investigation

and

remediation

of

8

infractions

at

compounding

facilities

(facility)

engaging

in

9

the

compounding

of

nonsterile

preparations.

The

bill

requires

10

an

inspector

employed

by

the

board

of

pharmacy

(board)

who

11

discovers

during

the

course

of

an

inspection

that

a

facility

12

engaging

in

the

compounding

of

nonsterile

preparations

13

is

out

of

compliance

with

the

United

States

pharmacopeia

14

general

chapter

795

to

notify

the

pharmacist

in

charge

of

15

the

infraction.

If

an

inspector

discovers

at

a

subsequent

16

inspection

that

the

infraction

has

not

been

corrected,

the

bill

17

requires

the

inspector

to

provide

comprehensive

instruction

18

regarding

the

infraction

and

the

correction

of

the

infraction

19

to

the

pharmacist

in

charge.

If

an

inspector

discovers

at

a

20

third

inspection

that

an

infraction

has

not

been

corrected,

the

21

bill

requires

the

inspector

to

prescribe

mandatory

education

22

for

the

correction

of

the

infraction

to

the

pharmacist

in

23

charge.

24

The

bill

allows

the

board

to

impose

a

single

fee

of

not

more

25

than

$500,

adjusted

for

inflation,

on

a

facility

that

fails

26

to

correct

an

infraction

as

provided

in

the

bill.

The

bill

27

makes

records

relating

to

the

investigation

and

remediation

of

28

infractions

pursuant

to

the

bill

confidential

records

that

are

29

not

subject

to

examination

by

the

public.

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