Iowa § 205.8 - 205.8 Certain sales excepted.
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§ 205.8. 205.8 Certain sales excepted.
Nothing in sections 205.5 through 205.7 shall apply: 1. To proprietary medicines, provided they are not in themselves poisonous and are sold in original unbroken packages. 2. To the filling of prescriptions from or the sale to licensed physicians, dentists, or veterinarians or sales to another pharmacist or to hospitals; or to drugs dispensed by licensed physicians, dentists, or veterinarians, as an incident to the practice of their professions. 3. To insecticides and fungicides as defined in chapter 206 and commercial feeds as defined in section 198.3, provided same be labeled in accordance with said section and sold in original unbroken packages, provided, however, that stock dips and fly sprays may be sold in bulk or otherwise and the vessel or container need not have printed on the label the most available antidote. 4. To any proprietary preparation intended for use in destroying mice, rats, gophers or other lower animals, provided same is sold in original unbroken packages and bears the word “Poison”, the most available antidote, and the name of the manufacturer. [C97, §2593; S13, §2593; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3177; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §205.8] 2021 Acts, ch 80, §100 Thu Dec 11 18:55:03 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 205.8 (18, 0)
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