{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-124.550","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 124.550","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1. “Pharmacist” means a practicing pharmacist who is actively engaged in and responsible for the pharmaceutical care of the patient about whom information is requested.\n2. “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.\n3. “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.\n4. “Program” means the information program for drug prescribing and dispensing.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 124 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES","Subchapter VI - DRUG PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING — INFORMATION PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/124.550.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:02Z","sha256":"3debdce7b0975cc982cf91f251c7dfb105b500c291117166b8ced05e45e5911f","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-124.549","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-124.551"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}