Iowa Code § 147.162
Rules and directives relating to opioids
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 147 — General Provisions, Health-Related Professions · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 147.162, Rules and directives relating to opioids, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2226096
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1. Any board created under this chapter that licenses a prescribing practitioner shall adopt rules under chapter 17A establishing penalties for prescribing practitioners that prescribe opioids in dosage amounts exceeding what would be prescribed by a reasonably prudent prescribing practitioner engaged in the same practice.
2. For the purposes of this section, “prescribing practitioner” means a licensed health care professional with the authority to prescribe prescription drugs including opioids.