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1.The department and board, subject to approval and direction of the governor, shall
cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning
traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To
this end, they may jointly:
a.Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning
the use and abuse of controlled substances.
b.Coordinate and cooperate in training programs on controlled substance law
enforcement at the local and state levels.
c.Cooperate with the bureau by establishing a centralized unit which will accept,
catalogue, file, and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other
controlled substance law offenders within the state, and make such inform
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1. The department and board, subject to approval and direction of the governor, shall
cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning
traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To
this end, they may jointly:
a. Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning
the use and abuse of controlled substances.
b. Coordinate and cooperate in training programs on controlled substance law
enforcement at the local and state levels.
c. Cooperate with the bureau by establishing a centralized unit which will accept,
catalogue, file, and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other
controlled substance law offenders within the state, and make such information available
for federal, state and local law enforcement purposes; except that they shall not furnish the
name or identity of a patient or research subject whose identity could not be obtained under
subsection 3.
d. Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit growth of plant
species from which controlled substances may be extracted.
2. Results, information, and evidence received from the bureau relating to the regulatory
functions of this chapter, including results of inspections conducted by that agency may be
relied upon and acted upon by the board or the department in the exercise of their regulatory
functions under this chapter.
3. A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research or the Iowa substance use
disorder authority or any program which is licensed by the authority shall not be required to
furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject to the board or the department,
nor shall the practitioner or the authority or any program which is licensed by the authority
be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other
proceedings to furnish the name or identity of an individual that the practitioner or the
authority or any of its licensed programs is obligated to keep confidential.