{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-147.162","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 147.162","heading":"Rules and directives relating to opioids.","body":"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.\n2. For the purposes of this section, “prescribing practitioner” means a licensed health care professional with the authority to prescribe prescription drugs including opioids.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/147.162.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"4f368c61b057a892e7e8d24d06bfc22e2684f7ed881ecfb3b5a2aba7426ebb8e","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-147.161","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-147.163"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}