Terms Used In Iowa Code 155A.38

  • Dispense: means to deliver a prescription drug, device, or controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful prescription drug order or medication order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. See Iowa Code 155A.3
  • drug: means a drug, as classified by the United States food and drug administration, that is required by the United States food and drug administration to be prescribed or administered to a patient by a practitioner prior to dispensation. See Iowa Code 155A.3
  • Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
 A person authorized pursuant to this chapter to dispense shall, when dispensing drug samples, do so without additional charge to the patient.