Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 124.550. Definitions

1. “Pharmacist” means a practicing pharmacist who is actively engaged in and responsible for the pharmaceutical care of the patient about whom information is requested.

2. “Prescribing practitioner” means a practitioner who has prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of a prescription for the patient about whom information is requested. “Prescribing practitioner” does not include a licensed veterinarian.

3. “Proactive notification” means a notification by the board, generated based on factors determined by the board and issued to a specific prescribing practitioner or pharmacist, indicating that a patient may be practitioner shopping or pharmacy shopping or at risk of abusing or misusing a controlled substance.

4. “Program” means the information program for drug prescribing and dispensing.