Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 657 - Pharmacy Board › Chapter 24 - Pharmacy Internet Sites › Rule 657-24.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				shall apply:
"Board"
means the Iowa board of
				pharmacy.
"DEA "
means the U.S. Department of Justice,
				Drug Enforcement Administration.
"Electronic mail"
or
"e-mail"
means any message transmitted through the Internet, including but not limited
				to messages transmitted from or to any address affiliated with an Internet
				site.
"Internet"
means the federated international
				system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by
				telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that
				facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use
				of the World Wide Web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the
				transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the
				transmission of voice, image, and video.
"Internet broker"
means an entity that serves
				as an agent or intermediary or other capacity that causes the Internet to be
				used to bring together a buyer and seller.
"Internet pharmacy"
means a pharmacy that
				delivers, distributes, or dispenses, by means of an Internet sale pursuant to a
				prescription drug order, a prescription product to a patient located in Iowa,
				whether the patient is human or animal. "Internet pharmacy" does not include a
				pharmacy that maintains an Internet site for the convenience of the pharmacy's
				patients to request a prescription refill or to request or retrieve drug
				information but requires that the filled prescription be delivered to the
				patient from the licensed physical location of the pharmacy.
"Internet sale "
means a transaction,
				initiated via an Internet site, which includes the order of and the payment for
				a prescription drug product.
"Internet site"
means a specific location on
				the Internet that is determined by Internet protocol numbers, by a domain name,
				or by both, including but not limited to domain names that use the designations
				".com", ".edu", ".gov", ".org", and ".net".
"Iowa PMP "
means the prescription monitoring
				program established pursuant to 657-Chapter 37.
"NABP "
means the National Association of
				Boards of Pharmacy.
"Prescription product"
means any prescription
				drug or device, including any controlled substance, as those terms are defined
				in Iowa Code section
				155A.3.
"Vet-VIPPS accreditation"
means that a
				pharmacy which dispenses prescription products for companion and
				non-food-producing animals has been evaluated by NABP and has been determined
				to be properly licensed and in compliance with federal and state laws, rules
				and regulations regarding the operation of a veterinary pharmacy.
"VIPPS"
means verified Internet pharmacy
				practice site.
"VIPPS accreditation"
means that a pharmacy
				has been evaluated by NABP and has been determined to be in compliance with
				federal and state laws, rules and regulations regarding the operation of a
				pharmacy and with NABP evaluation criteria. "VIPPS accreditation" includes
				Vet-VIPPS accreditation.
"VIPPS seal"
means the symbol provided by NABP
				to a pharmacy for display on the pharmacy's Internet site evidencing the
				pharmacy's VIPPS accreditation.