§ 126.1 Title
§ 126.2 Definitions
§ 126.2A Applicability
§ 126.3 Prohibited acts
§ 126.4 Injunction proceedings
§ 126.5 Penalties — guaranty — false advertising liability
§ 126.6 Embargo
§ 126.7 Prosecutions
§ 126.8 Minor violations
§ 126.9 Drugs and devices — adulteration
§ 126.10 Drugs and devices — misbranding — labeling
§ 126.11 Exemptions in cases of drugs and devices — dispensing by prescription only
§ 126.12 New drugs
§ 126.14 Cosmetics — adulteration
§ 126.15 Cosmetics — misbranding
§ 126.16 False advertising
§ 126.17 Rules — hearings
§ 126.18 Inspections
§ 126.19 Publicity
§ 126.20 Chapter not applicable to commercial feed
§ 126.21 Chapter not applicable to animal drugs
§ 126.22 Nitrous oxide
§ 126.23 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate
§ 126.23A Pseudoephedrine retail restrictions
§ 126.23B Civil penalty
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Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 126 - Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics

  • 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
  • clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Contaminated with filth: means not securely protected from dust, dirt, and as far as is necessary by all reasonable means, from all foreign or injurious contaminations. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Cosmetic: means any of the following, but does not include soap:
  • 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
  • Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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:
  • Drug: means any of the following, but does not include a device:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Facsimile prescription: means a prescription which is transmitted by a device which sends an exact image to the receiver. 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intellectual disability: means a diagnosis of intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder, global developmental delay, or unspecified intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder which diagnosis shall be made only when the onset of the person's condition was during the developmental period and based on an assessment of the person's intellectual functioning and level of adaptive skills. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • New drug: means either of the following:
  • Official compendium: means the official United States Pharmacopoeia National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or any supplement to either document. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Principal display panel: means that part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale. See Iowa Code 126.2
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the United States department of health and human services. 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
  • Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1