Section 657.10.11. Modification or termination of registration.

A registered individual or business may apply to modify a current registration as provided by this rule.

         10.11(1) Change of substances authorized. Any registrant may apply to modify the substances authorized by the registration by submitting a written request to the board. The request shall include the registrant’s name, address, telephone number, registration number, and the substances or schedules to be added to or removed from the registration and shall be signed by the same person who signed the most recent application for registration or registration renewal. No fee shall be required for the modification.

         10.11(2) Change of address of registered location.

            a.                Individual practitioner, researcher, analytical laboratory, or teaching institution. An entity registered under these classifications may apply to change the address of the registered location by submitting a written request to the board. The request shall include the registrant’s name, current address, new address, telephone number, effective date of the address change, and registration number, and shall be signed by the registered individual practitioner or the same person who signed the most recent application for registration or registration renewal. No fee shall be required for the modification.

            b.                Pharmacy, hospital, care facility, manufacturer, distributor, importer, or exporter. An entity registered under these classifications shall apply to change the address of the registered location by submitting a completed application for registration. Applications may be obtained and shall be submitted as provided in rule 657—10.2(124). The registration fee as provided in rule 657—10.3(124) shall accompany each completed application.

         10.11(3) Change of registrant’s name.

            a.                Individual practitioner, researcher, analytical laboratory, or teaching institution. An entity registered under these classifications may apply to change the registrant’s name by submitting a written request to the board. The request shall include the registrant’s current name, the new name, address, telephone number, effective date of the name change, and registration number, and shall be signed by the registered individual practitioner or the same person who signed the most recent application for registration or registration renewal. No fee shall be required for the modification. Change of name, as used in this paragraph, refers to a change of the legal name of the registrant and does not authorize the transfer of a registration issued to an individual practitioner or researcher to another individual practitioner or researcher.

            b.                Pharmacy, hospital, care facility, manufacturer, distributor, importer, or exporter. An entity registered under these classifications shall apply to change the registrant name by submitting a completed application for registration. Applications may be obtained and shall be submitted as provided in rule 657—10.2(124). The registration fee as provided in rule 657—10.3(124) shall accompany each completed application.

         10.11(4) Change of ownership of registered business entity. A change of immediate ownership of a pharmacy, hospital, care facility, manufacturer, distributor, analytical laboratory, teaching institution, importer, or exporter shall require the completion of an application for registration. Applications may be obtained and shall be submitted as provided in rule 657—10.2(124). The registration fee as provided in rule 10.3(124) shall accompany each completed application.

         10.11(5) Change of responsible individual. Any registrant, except an individual practitioner, a researcher, a hospital, or a pharmacy, may apply to change the responsible individual authorized by the registration by submitting a written request to the board. The request shall include the registrant’s name, address, telephone number, the name and title of the current responsible individual and of the new responsible individual, the effective date of the change, and the registration number, and shall be signed by the new responsible individual. No fee shall be required for the modification.

            a.                Individual practitioners and researchers. Responsibility under a registration issued to an individual practitioner or researcher shall remain with the named individual practitioner or researcher. The responsible individual under such registration may not be changed.

            b.                Pharmacies and hospitals. The responsible pharmacist may execute a power of attorney for DEA order forms to change responsibility under the registration issued to the pharmacy or hospital. The power of attorney shall include the name, address, DEA registration number, and Iowa uniform controlled substances Act (CSA) registration number of the registrant. The power of attorney shall identify the current and new responsible individuals and shall authorize the new responsible individual to execute applications and official DEA order forms to requisition Schedule II controlled substances. The power of attorney shall be signed by both individuals, shall be witnessed by two adults, and shall be maintained by the registrant and available for inspection or copying by representatives of the board or other state or federal authorities.

         10.11(6) Termination of registration. A registration issued to an individual shall terminate upon the death of the individual. A registration issued to an individual or business shall terminate when the registered individual or business ceases legal existence, discontinues business, or discontinues professional practice.