Under new SF 169:

• Licensed pharmacists may dispense, on a nonprescription basis, products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, as the sole ingredient or in combination with any other ingredient, pursuant to rules currently being developed by the Board. An individual may not purchase from a pharmacy more than 7500 mg. of these substances during a 30-day period.

• Purchasers must be at least 18 years of age and must show a photo ID. Purchases must be logged. Pharmacies are not required to disclose the contents of a dispensing log to law enforcement officials unless the log is the subject of a court order or subpoena.

• Larger amounts of pseudoephedrine may be dispensed by pharmacies for legitimate medical purposes pursuant to a prescription issued by an authorized prescriber.

• Retail (non-pharmacy) outlets may sell only limited amounts of select pseudoephedrine products in controlled settings. Retailer sales are limited to one package of liquid or liquid-filled gel caps containing no more than 360 milligrams of pseudoephedrine to a single purchaser in a 24-hour period. Pharmacies may sell 3600 milligrams of pseudoephedrine to a single purchaser in a 24-hour period. No more than 7.5 grams of pseudoephedrine from a pharmacy or retailer, separately or collectively, may be sold to a single purchaser in a 30-day period. Retailers shall NOT stock or sell any non-liquid pseudoephedrine products or any products containing ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine.

• Retailers must keep liquid and liquid-filled gel cap pseudoephedrine products behind a counter inaccessible to the public or in a locked case, shall require a government-issued photo ID, and shall maintain for 12 months a pseudoephedrine purchase log including the purchaser's name, address, and signature.

• A pharmacy may elect to keep ALL pseudoephedrine products in the pharmacy and dispense the liquid or liquid-filled gel cap products in compliance with requirements and limitations for dispensing Schedule V pseudoephedrine products.

Additional information regarding the new amphetamine and methamphetamine precursor control law, including guidance for retailers, consumers, and law enforcement and including information regarding the applicability and enforceability of local or county ordinances now and after May 21, 2005 , is available on the Web site of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy at www.state.ia.us/odcp -- click on "Pseudoephedrine Control."