SF 117 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners.

This bill (SF 117) protects pharmacists and licensed healthcare practitioners (like doctors, nurses, and dentists) from employer or licensing board restrictions that interfere with their professional judgment when prescribing, dispensing, or administering medications. It prohibits boards or employers from creating rules that deter professionals from using treatments they deem appropriate based on their expertise and scope of practice. Any such restriction - whether in contracts, handbooks, or policies - is declared unenforceable and cannot lead to disciplinary action. The bill ensures professionals using medication decisions within their scope and best judgment cannot face license discipline for those choices.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025
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Total actions
5
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 313.
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 3, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2025 2:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
legislature
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Campbell, Garrett, and Petersen.
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
upper
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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