The following acts and the causing of the acts within this state are unlawful:
 1. The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 126.3

  • Advertising: means any representation disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of drugs, devices, or cosmetics. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Anabolic steroid: means any drug or hormonal substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone, other than estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids, or dehydroepiandrosterone, which substance is identified as an anabolic steroid in section 124. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Board: means the board of pharmacy. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Cosmetic: means any of the following, but does not include soap:
     a. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Counterfeit drug: means a drug which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device, or any such likeness, of a drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, processed, packed, or distributed the drug and which falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been packed or distributed by, such other drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Device: means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including any component, part, or accessory of any of these, which is any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Drug: means any of the following, but does not include a device:
     a. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of an article; and a requirement made by or under authority of this chapter that any word, statement, or other information appear on the label is not complied with unless the word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper of the retail package of the article, or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon an article or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying an article. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • sell: means a transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other means, but excludes a wholesale transaction with a distributor or hearing aid specialist, and excludes the temporary, charitable loan or educational loan of a hearing aid without remuneration. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
  • undertaking: means a promise or security in any form. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The adulteration or misbranding of any drug, device, or cosmetic in commerce.
 3. The receipt in commerce of a drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded, and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise.
 4. The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of a drug, device, or cosmetic in violation of section 126.12.
 5. The dissemination of any false advertising.
 6. The refusal to permit entry or inspection, or to permit the taking of a sample or to permit access to or copying of any record as authorized by section 126.18; or the failure to establish or maintain any record or make any report required under section 512(j), 512(l), or 512(m) of the federal Act, or the refusal to permit access to or verification or copying of any such required record.
 7. The manufacture within this state of a drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.
 8. The giving of a guaranty or undertaking referred to in section 126.5, subsection 2, if the guaranty or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied upon a guaranty or undertaking to the same effect, signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in this state from whom the person received the drug, device, or cosmetic in good faith.
 9. The removal or disposal of a detained or embargoed drug, device, or cosmetic in violation of section 126.6, subsection 1.
 10. The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the labeling of, or the doing of any other act with respect to a drug, device, or cosmetic, if the act is done while the article is held for sale, whether or not it would be the first sale, after shipment in commerce; and if the action results in the article being adulterated or misbranded.
 11. Forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely representing, or without proper authority using a mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device authorized or required by rules or regulations adopted under this chapter or the federal Act.
 12. Making, selling, disposing of, or keeping in possession, control, or custody, or concealing a punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device of another trademark, trade name, mark, imprint, or device or a likeness of any trademark, trade name, mark, imprint, or device upon a drug or drug container or the labeling thereof so as to render the drug a counterfeit drug.
 13. The doing of an act which causes a drug to be a counterfeit drug, or the sale or dispensing, or the holding for sale or dispensing, of a counterfeit drug.
 14. The use by a person to the person’s own advantage, or the revealing, other than to the board or to the person’s authorized representative or to the courts when relevant in a judicial proceeding under this chapter, of any information acquired under authority of this chapter concerning any method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
 15. The use, on the labeling of a drug or device or in advertising relating to a drug or device, of a representation or suggestion that approval of an application with respect to the drug or device is in effect under section 126.12 or section 505, 515, or 520(g) of the federal Act, or that the drug or device complies with the provisions of any of those sections.
 16. The use, in labeling, advertising, or other sales promotion of a reference to a report or analysis furnished in compliance with section 126.18 or section 704 of the federal Act.
 17. If a prescription drug is distributed or offered for sale in this state, the failure of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the prescription drug to maintain for transmittal, or to transmit, to any practitioner licensed by applicable law to administer the drug who makes written request for information as to the drug, true and correct copies of all printed matter which is required to be included in any package in which that drug is distributed or sold, or such other printed matter as is approved under the federal Act. This subsection does not exempt any person from a labeling requirement imposed by or under this chapter.
 18. a. Placing or causing to be placed upon any drug or device or container thereof, with intent to defraud, the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark or imprint of another trademark, trade name, mark, or imprint or any likeness of such a trademark, trade name, mark, or imprint.

 b. Selling, dispensing, disposing of; causing to be sold, dispensed, or disposed of; or concealing or keeping in possession, control, or custody, with intent to sell, dispense, or dispose of, a drug, device, or container thereof, with knowledge that the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark or imprint of another trademark, trade name, mark, or imprint or any likeness of any trademark, trade name, mark, or imprint has been placed thereon in a manner prohibited by paragraph “a”.
 c. Making, selling, disposing of; causing to be made, sold, or disposed of; keeping in possession, control, or custody; or concealing with intent to defraud any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device of another trademark, trade name, mark, or imprint or any likeness of any trademark, trade name, mark, or imprint upon a drug or container or labeling thereof so as to render the drug a counterfeit drug.
 19. The failure to register in accordance with section 510 of the federal Act, the failure to provide any information required by section 510(j) or 510(k) of the federal Act, or the failure to provide a notice required by section 510(j)(2) of the federal Act.
 20. a. The failure or refusal to:

 (1) Comply with a requirement prescribed under section 518 or 520(g) of the federal Act.
 (2) Furnish any notification or other material or information required by or under section 519 or 520(g) of the federal Act.
 b. With respect to any device, the submission of any report required by or under this chapter that is false or misleading in any material respect.
 21. The movement of a device in violation of an order under section 304(g) of the federal Act or the removal or alteration of any mark or label required by the order to identify the device as detained.
 22. The failure to provide the notice required by section 412(b) or 412(c) of the federal Act, the failure to make the reports required by section 412(d)(1)(B) of the federal Act, or the failure to meet the requirements prescribed under section 412(d)(2) of the federal Act.
 23. Selling, dispensing, or distributing; causing to be sold, dispensed, or distributed; or possessing with intent to sell, dispense, or distribute, an anabolic steroid to a person under eighteen years of age, with knowledge that the anabolic steroid is not necessary for the legitimate treatment of disease pursuant to an order of a physician.
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