166.1 Definitions.

When used in this chapter:

1. The words "biological products" shall include and be deemed to embrace only anti-hog-cholera serum and viruses which are either virulent or nonvirulent, alive or dead.

2. "Dealer" includes every person who, for profit, sells, dispenses, or distributes, or offers to do so, either as principal or agent, biological products, except:

a. A manufacturer selling direct to any person licensed under this chapter to sell, dispense, or distribute such biological products.

b. A regularly licensed veterinarian who uses such biological products in the veterinarian's professional practice and does not use it for sale or distribution to any other person.

3. "Manufacturer" includes every person engaged in the preparation, at any stage of the process, of biological products, except those engaged in such preparation in the biological laboratory in the Iowa State University of science and technology, or in any other state or governmental institution.

4. "Place of business" is construed to mean each place or premises where biological products are sold, or where biological products are stored or kept for the purpose of sale, dispensation or distribution, or where biological products are offered for sale, dispensation or distribution.

166.10 Fees.

Fees for permits shall be paid by the manufacturer or dealer to the department when the application for such permit is made and shall be:

1. In case of a manufacturer, twenty-five dollars for each plant at which it is proposed to manufacture biological products.

2. In case of a dealer, five dollars for each place of business, warehouse or distributing agency of the dealer.

166.11 Inspection of premises.

The premises upon which the business authorized by such permit is carried on shall be subject at all times to inspection by the department. Before issuing an original permit, the department may cause the proposed premises to be inspected, and shall make such requirements regarding the physical conditions and sanitation of said premises as it may deem necessary to secure and maintain the potency and purity of the biological products. If such requirements are not complied with and maintained, the permit shall be refused or revoked as the case may be.

166.12 Manufacturer's or dealer's permit.

Every permit issued to a manufacturer or dealer shall expire on the first day of July following the date of issuance. A renewal of the same shall be subject to all the conditions, including fees, that are required in the case of an original permit.

166.13 Revocation of permit.

Such a permit shall be automatically revoked:

1. In case of a dealer, by the dealer's failure to execute and file with the department a new and approved bond when required by law, or by the dealer's failure to obtain a separate permit and to file a separate bond in the amount of five thousand dollars for each place of business.

2. In case of a manufacturer, by the manufacturer's ceasing to be the holder of a United States department of agriculture license for the manufacture and sale of biological products.

3. In case of either a manufacturer or dealer, for discrimination in the price at which such biological products are sold, and such permit shall not in such case be renewed for one year.

166.14 Revocation by department.

Such a permit may also be revoked by the department at any time after a reasonable notice and hearing:

1. For violation of the terms, conditions, and requirements on which it was issued.

2. For violation of any law, or of any rule of the department, relating to the business authorized by such permit.

3. In case of a dealer's permit, when a judgment has been rendered on the bond, or when the security of such bond has become impaired in any other way and no new bond is given as required by the department.

166.15 Prohibited sales.

No biological products shall be sold, offered for sale, distributed, or used, unless produced at a plant which, at the time of producing, held a United States department of agriculture license for the manufacture of such biological products.

166.16 Sales--limitation.

No person shall sell, distribute, use, or offer to sell, distribute, or use virulent blood or virus from cholera-infected hogs except for one or more of the following purposes:

1. For the purpose of interstate or foreign shipment of such blood or virus.

2. For the purpose of research at any biological laboratory or by any manufacturer of biological products.

3. For the purpose of testing biological products by any governmental authority or by any manufacturer of biological products.

4. For the purpose of manufacturing any biological products or for the purpose of producing immune hogs to be used in the production of hog-cholera serum.

166.17 to 166.28

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 177, § 2.

166.2 Rules.

The department shall have power to make such rules governing the manufacture, sale, and distribution of biological products as it deems necessary to maintain their potency and purity.

166.29 Reports by manufacturers and dealers.

A person holding a permit as manufacturer or dealer shall make such written reports to the department relative to biological products as it may from time to time require.

166.3 Permit to manufacture or sell.

Every person, before engaging as a manufacturer of, or dealer in, biological products shall obtain from the department a permit for that purpose and shall be required to have a separate permit for each place of business. A pharmacy licensed under chapter 155A shall not be required to obtain a dealer's permit to deal in biological products.

166.30 and 166.31

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 177, § 2.

166.32

Repealed by 69 Acts, ch 142, § 9.

166.33

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 177, § 2.

166.34 Seizure of samples.

The department may seize, at any time or place, for examination, samples of biological products manufactured or kept for use or sale within the state.

166.35 Condemnation and destruction.

The department shall have power to condemn and destroy any biological products which it deems unsafe.

166.36 Defacing labels.

No person shall remove or deface any label upon the bottles or packages containing any biological products or change the contents from the original container except for immediate use.

166.37 Price of virus.

Persons holding permits, either as manufacturers or dealers, shall sell all biological products at a uniform price to all persons to whom sales are made. No rebate on said price shall be given, either directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever.

166.38 Compensation.

No licensed veterinarian shall receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation of any kind for the handling, sale, or use of any biological products, other than the veterinarian's charges for administering the same, unless the veterinarian makes known in writing the amount of such compensation, if requested to do so by the person using biological products. Any veterinarian violating this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

166.39 Violations.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule of the department, or who shall hinder or attempt to hinder the department or any duly authorized agent or official thereof in the discharge of that person's duty, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

166.4 Application for permit.

Every application for such a permit shall be made on a form provided by the department, which form shall call for such information as the department shall deem necessary, including the name and place of business of the applicant.

166.40

Repealed by 65 Acts, ch 177, § 2.

166.41 Hog-cholera vaccine prohibited--emergency.

The sale or use of hog-cholera vaccine, except as provided in section 166.16 is prohibited and it shall be unlawful to use such products in the state of Iowa, except that in case of emergency as defined in section 166.42, a special permit for the use of vaccines may be issued by the secretary.

166.42 Biological products reserve--use.

The secretary may establish a reserve supply of biological products of approved modified live virus hog-cholera vaccine and of anti-hog-cholera serum or its equivalent in ant

The secretary is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such vaccine and serum at such time as the state is declared a hog-cholera-free state by the United States department of agriculture, or if the potency of such vaccine and serum is in doubt. Money received under provisions of this section shall be paid into the state treasury.

166.5 Manufacturer's permit.

An application for a permit to manufacture biological products shall be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant is the holder of a valid, unrevoked, United States department of agriculture license for the manufacture and sale of such biological products.

166.6 Dealer's permit.

An application for a permit to deal in biological products shall be accompanied by a separate bond for each place of business, with sureties to be approved by the department, in the sum of five thousand dollars for each place of business, which bond shall be conditioned:

1. To faithfully comply with all laws governing the warehousing, sale, and distribution of biological products, and with all the rules of the department relating to such biological products.

2. To indemnify any person who uses any such biological products sold by the principal and is damaged by the negligence of the principal, or any of the principal's agents, in the warehousing, handling, sale, or distribution of such biological products.

3. To pay to the state all penalties which may be adjudged against the principal.

166.7 Liability on bond.

The principal on such bond shall be liable to every person for any damage caused by the negligence of the principal or of the principal's agents, notwithstanding the execution of the bond.

166.8 New or additional bond.

When judgment is rendered on such bond, the principal shall immediately execute and file with the department a new or additional bond, conditioned as the original bond, and in an amount to be fixed by the department, which will furnish the same amount of security that was furnished before the original bond was impaired.

166.9 Liability of manufacturer.

A manufacturer shall be liable to an injured person for all damages which occur:

1. By reason of the negligence of the manufacturer or the manufacturer's employees in the manufacture, warehousing, handling, or distribution of biological products.

2. By reason of the failure of the manufacturer, or the manufacturer's employees, to discharge any duty imposed by law, or by the rules of the department.