Today’s show is about the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s recalcitrance to obey Iowa law.
Just in time for today’s show, I received the following rulings in the mail yesterday.
Ruling on Petition – November 21, 2013
Ruling on Request – November 21, 2013
If you’ll notice, the case revolves around the board’s interpretation of this sentence in Iowa Code 124.203(2):
The way I read it, is like this:
I do not read “as appropriate” to negate the word “shall” in this sentence as the board is trying to do. I read it as discretion to pick one of the two options.