Iowa Code 155A.5 – Injunction
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 155A.5
- Board: means the board of pharmacy. See Iowa Code 155A.3
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- Limited distributor: means a person operating or maintaining a location, regardless of the location, where prescription drugs or devices are distributed at wholesale or to a patient pursuant to a prescription drug order, who is not eligible for a wholesale distributor license or pharmacy license. See Iowa Code 155A.3
- Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- Pharmacy: means a location where prescription drugs are compounded, dispensed, or sold by a pharmacist and where prescription drug orders are received or processed in accordance with the pharmacy laws. See Iowa Code 155A.3
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- 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
- Third-party logistics provider: means an entity that provides or coordinates warehousing or other logistics services of a product in interstate commerce on behalf of a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or dispenser of a product, but does not take ownership of the product nor have responsibility to direct the sale or other disposition of the product. See Iowa Code 155A.3
- Wholesale distributor: means a person, other than a manufacturer, a manufacturer's co-licensed partner, a third-party logistics provider, or repackager, engaged in the wholesale distribution of a drug. See Iowa Code 155A.3
Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy the board may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a pharmacy, limited distributor, third-party logistics provider, or wholesale distributor without a license, or to prevent the violation of provisions of this chapter. Upon request of the board, the attorney general shall institute the proper proceedings and the county attorney, at the request of the attorney general, shall appear and prosecute the action when brought in the county attorney’s county.