For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
"Centralized repository" means an entity
approved by the contractor and licensed pursuant to applicable regulations of
the Iowa board of pharmacy that accepts donated drugs, conducts a safety
inspection of the drugs, and ships the donated drugs to a local repository to
be dispensed in compliance with this chapter and federal and state laws, rules
and regulations.
"Contractor" means the third party approved
by the department to implement and administer the prescription drug donation
repository program.
"Controlled substance" means the same as
defined in Iowa Code section
124.101.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
public health.
"Indigent" means a person with an income that
is below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) as defined by the most
recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States
Department of Health and Human Services.
"Local repository" means a pharmacy or
medical facility that elects to accept and dispense donated drugs and that
meets the eligibility requirements of rule
641-109.3 (135M).
"Medical facility" means any of the
following:
1. A physician's
office.
2. A hospital.
3. A health clinic.
4. A nonprofit health clinic, including a
federally qualified health center as defined in
42 U.S.C. §
1396d(l)(2)(B); a rural
health clinic as defined in 42 U.S.C. §
1396d(l)(1); and a nonprofit
health clinic that provides medical care to patients who are
indigent,
uninsured, or
underinsured.
5. A
free clinic as defined in Iowa Code section
135.24.
6. A charitable organization as defined in
Iowa Code section 135.24.
7. A nursing
facility as defined in Iowa Code
section
135C.1.
"NDC #" means the unique national drug code
number that identifies a specific approved drug.
"Nurse practitioner" means an advanced
registered nurse practitioner as defined in 655 IAC Chapter 7.
"Pharmacist" means a pharmacist as defined in
Iowa Code section 155A.3.
"Pharmacy" means a pharmacy as defined in
Iowa Code section 155A.3.
"Physician" means an individual licensed
under Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant" means an individual
licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Prescription drug" means the same as defined
in Iowa Code section 155A.3 and includes cancer drugs
and antirejection drugs, but does not include controlled substances.
"Supplies" means the supplies necessary to
administer the prescription drugs donated.
"USP" means United States
Pharmacopoeia.
