Houck v. Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners

HECHT, Justice.

A pharmacist compounded and sold a product to a customer without a prescription. The customer- filed a complaint with the administrative agency that regulates the conduct of pharmacists, and a sanction was imposed against the pharmacist. . In this appeal from the district court’s ruling affirming the agency’s action, we must decide whether the agency has authority to designate the compounded product as a drug that may be dispensed by a pharmacist only if it has been prescribed by a practitioner. We conclude the agency acted within its broad authority, and therefore affirm the…