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135M.3 PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONATION REPOSITORY PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.
1. The department, in cooperation with the board of pharmacy, may
establish and maintain a prescription drug donation repository
program under which any person may donate prescription drugs and
supplies for use by an individual who meets eligibility criteria
specified by the department by rule. The department may contract
with a third party to implement and administer the program.
2. Donations of prescription drugs and supplies under the program
may be made on the premises of a medical facility or pharmacy that
elects to participate in the program and meets the requirements
established by the department.
3. The medical facility or pharmacy may charge an individual who
receives a prescription drug or supplies a handling fee that shall
not exceed an amount established by rule by the department.
4. a. A medical facility or pharmacy that receives
prescription drugs or supplies may distribute the prescription drugs
or supplies to another eligible medical facility or pharmacy for use
pursuant to the program.
b. The department may receive prescription drugs or supplies
directly from the prescription drug donation repository contractor
and may distribute such prescription drugs and supplies through
persons licensed to dispense prescription drugs and supplies to an
eligible individual for use by the individual pursuant to the
program. The department may receive and distribute such prescription
drugs or supplies under this paragraph during or in preparation for a
state of disaster emergency proclaimed by the governor pursuant to
section 29C.6 or during or in preparation for a public health
disaster as defined in section 135.140, subsection 6.
5. Participation in the program shall be voluntary. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 97, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §22; 2009 Acts, ch 127, §2
