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Iowa Code § 151.5 (2026)

Operative surgery — drugs

✓ Iowa Code 2026 (laws through the 2025 session)
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A license to practice chiropractic shall not authorize the licensee to practice operative surgery or administer or prescribe prescription drugs or controlled substances which can only be prescribed by persons authorized by law. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2559; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §151.5] 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §61 Drug dispensing, supplying, and prescribing, see §147.107

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1980–2017 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Iowa Dep't of Health v. Van Wyk, 320 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1982).
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State Ex Rel. Iowa Dep't of Health v. Van Wyk, 320 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 4× “Those prohibitions now appear in section 151.5. A similar statutory scheme is followed in other health field practice acts.”
Lyle H. Abbas, F. Dow Bates, Bradley J. Brown, Sidney E. Carter, Brad Chicoine, Russell J. Cox, Paul D. Eberline, Joseph N. Geelan, Richard W. Haas, Rex J. Jones, Keith L. Klemme, Elizabeth C. Kressin, Steven J. Kraus, Mark A. Kruse, Rodney D. Langel, Ronald O. Masters II, Kevin Miller, Steven A. Mueller, Mark A. Niles, Valorie J. Prahl, Jennifer A. Rasmussen, Rod R. Rebarcak, Randall P. Stange, Lance E. Vanderloo, Kenneth, 893 N.W.2d 879 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “§ 151.5. The intervenor in this case is Wellmark, Inc.”
Health Care Equalization Comm. v. Iowa Med. Soc'y, 501 F. Supp. 970 (S.D. Iowa 1980). “Other statutory provisions relevant to this case in light of HCEC’s allegations include: § 151.5 prohibits chiropractors from practicing operative surgery, osteopathy, or administering any drug or medicine; § 147.”
Amended July 10, 2017 Lyle H. Abbas, F. Dow Bates, Bradley J. Brown, Sidney E. Carter, Brad Chicoine, Russell J. Cox, Paul D. Eberline, Joseph N. Geelan, Richard W. Haas, Rex J. Jones, Keith L. Klemme, Elizabeth C. Kressin, Steven J. Kraus, Mark a. Kruse, Rodney D. Langel, Ronald O. Masters II, Kevin Miller, Steven A. Mueller, Mark A. Niles, Valorie J. Prahl, Jennifer A. Rasmussen, Rod R. Rebarcak, Randall P. Stange, Lan, No. 15–1248 (Iowa Apr. 21, 2017). “§ 151.5. The intervenor in this case is Wellmark, Inc.”
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