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Iowa Code § 124.302 — Registration requirements
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Subchapter III: Regulation of Manufacture, Distribution, and Dispensing of Controlled Substances, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 124.302
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
1. Every person who manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or conducts research with any controlled substance in this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of or conducting research with any controlled substance within this state, shall obtain and maintain a registration issued by the board in accordance with the board’s rules.
2. Persons registered by the board under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this subchapter.
3. The following persons need not register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under this chapter:
a. An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if the agent or employee is acting in the usual course of the agent’s or employee’s business or employment.
b. A common or contract carrier or warehouse operator, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment.
c. An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner or in possession of a schedule V substance.
4. A separate registration is required for each principal place of business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or conducts research with controlled substances.
5. The board may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the board’s rules.
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