Bill Text: IA SF160 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the prescribing and dispensing authority of practitioners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-08 - Subcommittee recommends passage. []. [SF160 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF160-Introduced.html
Senate
File
160
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
160
BY
SALMON
,
EVANS
,
J.
TAYLOR
,
ZAUN
,
GUTH
,
GREEN
,
ALONS
,
DE
WITT
,
ROWLEY
,
GARRETT
,
SWEENEY
,
and
WESTRICH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
prescribing
and
dispensing
authority
of
1
practitioners.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
147.164
Restriction
of
prescribing
1
authority
by
board
or
employer.
2
1.
Any
board
created
under
this
chapter
that
licenses
a
3
prescribing
practitioner
and
any
employer
of
a
prescribing
4
practitioner
shall
not
restrict
the
prescribing
authority
of
5
a
prescribing
practitioner
during
a
public
health
disaster
in
6
a
way
that
acts
as
a
deterrent
for
a
prescribing
practitioner
7
to
use
a
medication
or
treatment
in
accordance
with
the
8
prescribing
practitioner’s
best
professional
judgment.
9
2.
Any
restriction
by
an
employer
of
a
prescribing
10
practitioner
that
is
prohibited
under
subsection
1,
whether
11
or
not
documented
by
the
employer
as
part
of
a
contract,
12
agreement,
or
employee
handbook,
by
an
amendment
to
any
such
13
document,
or
by
any
other
means,
is
unenforceable
and
shall
not
14
be
the
basis
for
any
disciplinary
action
by
the
employer.
15
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
16
a.
“Prescribing
practitioner”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
17
section
147.162.
18
b.
“Public
health
disaster”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
19
section
135.140.
20
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
148.6A
Prescribing
of
ivermectin
or
21
hydroxychloroquine
——
no
licensee
discipline.
22
The
prescribing
of
ivermectin
or
hydroxychloroquine
by
a
23
physician
for
the
treatment
of
COVID-19
shall
not
constitute
24
grounds
for
licensee
discipline.
For
the
purposes
of
this
25
section,
“COVID-19”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
686D.2.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
prescribing
and
dispensing
authority
30
by
practitioners.
31
The
bill
prohibits
any
health-related
professional
board
32
under
Code
chapter
147
(general
provisions,
health-related
33
professions)
that
licenses
a
prescribing
practitioner
and
any
34
employer
of
a
prescribing
practitioner
from
restricting
the
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prescribing
authority
of
a
prescribing
practitioner
during
a
1
public
health
disaster
in
a
way
that
acts
as
a
deterrent
for
2
the
practitioner
to
use
a
medication
or
treatment
in
accordance
3
with
the
practitioner’s
best
professional
judgment.
4
The
bill
also
provides
that
any
restriction
by
an
employer
5
of
a
prescribing
practitioner
that
is
prohibited
under
the
6
bill,
whether
or
not
documented
by
the
employer
as
part
of
7
a
contract,
agreement,
or
employee
handbook,
by
an
amendment
8
to
any
such
document,
or
by
any
other
means,
is
unenforceable
9
and
shall
not
be
the
basis
for
any
disciplinary
action
by
the
10
employer.
The
bill
defines
“prescribing
practitioner”
and
11
“public
health
disaster”
for
the
purposes
of
the
bill.
12
The
bill
also
provides
that
the
prescribing
of
ivermectin
or
13
hydroxychloroquine
by
a
physician
for
the
treatment
of
COVID-19
14
shall
not
be
grounds
for
licensee
discipline.
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