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1 1 Section 1. Section 147.1, subsections 3 and 6, Code 1997,
1 2 are amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. "Licensed" or "certified" when applied to a physician
1 4 and surgeon, podiatric physician, osteopath, osteopathic
1 5 physician and surgeon, physician assistant, psychologist or
1 6 associate psychologist, chiropractor, nurse, practitioner of
1 7 naturopathy, dentist, dental hygienist, optometrist, speech
1 8 pathologist, audiologist, pharmacist, physical therapist,
1 9 occupational therapist, respiratory care practitioner,
1 10 practitioner of cosmetology arts and sciences, practitioner of
1 11 barbering, funeral director, dietitian, marital and family
1 12 therapist, mental health counselor, or social worker means a
1 13 person licensed under this subtitle, excluding chapters 152C
1 14 and 152D.
1 15 6. "Profession" means medicine and surgery, podiatry,
1 16 osteopathy, osteopathic medicine and surgery, practice as a
1 17 physician assistant, psychology, chiropractic, nursing,
1 18 naturopathy, dentistry, dental hygiene, optometry, speech
1 19 pathology, audiology, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational
1 20 therapy, respiratory care, cosmetology arts and sciences,
1 21 barbering, mortuary science, marital and family therapy,
1 22 mental health counseling, social work, or dietetics.
1 23 Sec. 2. Section 147.2, Code 1997, is amended to read as
1 24 follows:
1 25 147.2 LICENSE REQUIRED.
1 26 A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and
1 27 surgery, podiatry, osteopathy, osteopathic medicine and
1 28 surgery, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, nursing,
1 29 naturopathy, dentistry, dental hygiene, optometry, speech
1 30 pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, respiratory care,
1 31 pharmacy, cosmetology, barbering, social work, dietetics, or
1 32 mortuary science or shall not practice as a physician
1 33 assistant as defined in the following chapters of this
1 34 subtitle, unless the person has obtained from the department a
1 35 license for that purpose.
2 1 Sec. 3. Section 147.13, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 2 the following new subsection:
2 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. For naturopathy, board of naturopathy
2 4 examiners.
2 5 Sec. 4. Section 147.14, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 6 the following new subsection:
2 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. For the board of naturopathy
2 8 examiners, three members who are licensed to practice
2 9 naturopathy and two members who are not licensed to practice
2 10 naturopathy who represent the general public. A majority of
2 11 the members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
2 12 Sec. 5. Section 147.16, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 13 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 14 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. However, for the board of
2 15 naturopathy examiners, the initial licensed naturopath members
2 16 of the board beginning in July 1997 shall be persons who would
2 17 qualify for licensure under chapter 152E and the subsequent
2 18 licensed naturopath members shall be actively engaged in the
2 19 practice of naturopathy for the three years just preceding the
2 20 member's appointment.
2 21 Sec. 6. Section 147.74, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 22 the following new subsection:
2 23 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. A naturopath licensed under chapter
2 24 152E and this chapter may use the words "licensed naturopath"
2 25 or "licensed doctor of naturopathic medicine" after the
2 26 person's name.
2 27 Sec. 7. Section 147.80, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 28 the following new subsection:
2 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 25A. License to practice naturopathy and
2 30 renewal of a license to practice naturopathy.
2 31 Sec. 8. NEW SECTION. 152E.1 DEFINITIONS.
2 32 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
2 33 requires:
2 34 1. "Board" means the state board of naturopathy examiners.
2 35 2. "Common diagnostic procedures" means the use of
3 1 venipuncture to withdraw blood, commonly used diagnostic
3 2 modalities consistent with naturopathic practice, the taking
3 3 of a health history, physical examination, radiography,
3 4 examination of body orifices excluding endoscopy, and
3 5 laboratory medicine which obtains samples of human tissue
3 6 products, including superficial scrapings but excluding
3 7 procedures which require surgical incision.
3 8 3. "Department" means the Iowa department of public
3 9 health.
3 10 4. "Director" means the director of public health or the
3 11 director's designee.
3 12 5. "Educational program" means a program in which
3 13 individuals prepare for the practice of naturopathy.
3 14 6. "Homeopathy" means a system of medicine based on the
3 15 use of infinitesimal doses of medicines capable of producing
3 16 symptoms similar to those of the disease treated, as listed in
3 17 the homeopathic pharmacopeia of the United States.
3 18 7. "Hygiene and immunization" means the use of such
3 19 preventative techniques as personal hygiene, asepsis, public
3 20 health, and immunizations, to the extent allowed by rule of
3 21 the department.
3 22 8. "Manual manipulation" or "mechanotherapy" means
3 23 manipulation of a part or the whole of the body by hand or by
3 24 mechanical means.
3 25 9. "Medicines of mineral, animal, and botanical origin"
3 26 means medicines derived from animal organs, tissues, and oils,
3 27 minerals, and plants administered orally and topically,
3 28 excluding legend drugs with the following exceptions:
3 29 vitamins, minerals, whole gland thyroid, and substances as
3 30 exemplified in traditional botanical and herbal pharmacopoeia,
3 31 and nondrug contraceptive devices excluding interuterine
3 32 devices. "Medicines of mineral, animal, and botanical origin"
3 33 include intermuscular injections of vitamin B-12 preparations
3 34 and combinations when clinical laboratory evaluation has
3 35 indicated vitamin B-12 deficiency. "Medicines of mineral,
4 1 animal, and botanical origin" do not include other
4 2 intermuscular injections or the use of controlled substances.
4 3 10. "Minor office procedures" means care incident to the
4 4 care of superficial lacerations and abrasions, and the removal
4 5 of foreign bodies located in superficial structures, not
4 6 including the eye, and the use of antiseptics and topical
4 7 local anesthetics in connection with such care.
4 8 11. "Naturopath" means an individual licensed under this
4 9 chapter to practice naturopathy.
4 10 12. "Naturopathy" or "naturopathic medicine" means the
4 11 practice of the art and science of the diagnosis, prevention,
4 12 and treatment of disorders of the body by stimulation or
4 13 support, or both, of the natural processes of the human body.
4 14 "Naturopathy" includes manual manipulation or mechanotherapy,
4 15 the prescription, administration, dispensing, and use, except
4 16 for the treatment of malignancies or neoplastic disease, of
4 17 nutrition and food science, physical modalities, homeopathy,
4 18 certain medicines of mineral, animal, and botanical origin,
4 19 hygiene and immunization, common diagnostic procedures, and
4 20 suggestion.
4 21 13. "Nutrition and food science" means the prevention and
4 22 treatment of disease or other human conditions through the use
4 23 of foods, water, herbs, roots, bark, or natural food elements.
4 24 14. "Physical modalities" means use of physical, chemical,
4 25 electrical, and other noninvasive modalities including, but
4 26 not limited to, heat, cold, air, light, water in any of its
4 27 forms, sound, massage, and therapeutic exercise.
4 28 15. "Radiography" means the ordering but not the
4 29 interpretation of radiographic diagnostic studies and the
4 30 taking and interpretation of standard radiographs.
4 31 16. "Suggestion" means techniques including but not
4 32 limited to counseling, biofeedback, and hypnosis.
4 33 Sec. 9. NEW SECTION. 152E.2 LICENSE REQUIRED.
4 34 1. A person shall not practice naturopathy or represent
4 35 the person as a naturopath without applying for and receiving
5 1 a license to practice naturopathy.
5 2 2. A person is deemed to represent the person as a
5 3 naturopath when that person adopts or uses any title or any
5 4 description of services that incorporates the term
5 5 "naturopath", "naturopathy", or doctor of naturopathic
5 6 medicine".
5 7 Sec. 10. NEW SECTION. 152E.3 SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
5 8 1. A naturopath is responsible and accountable to the
5 9 consumer for the quality of naturopathic care rendered.
5 10 2. A person licensed under this chapter shall not employ
5 11 the term "chiropractic" to describe any services provided by a
5 12 naturopath under this chapter.
5 13 Sec. 11. NEW SECTION. 152E.4 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER –
5 14 EXEMPTIONS.
5 15 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or
5 16 restrict:
5 17 1. The practice of a profession by individuals who are
5 18 licensed, certified, or registered under other laws of this
5 19 state who are performing services within their authorized
5 20 scope of practice.
5 21 2. The practice of naturopathic medicine by an individual
5 22 employed by the government of the United States while the
5 23 individual is engaged in the performance of duties prescribed
5 24 for the person by the laws and regulations of the United
5 25 States.
5 26 3. The practice of naturopathic medicine by students
5 27 enrolled in an educational program approved by the director.
5 28 The performance of services shall be pursuant to a course of
5 29 instruction or assignments from an instructor and under the
5 30 supervision of the instructor. The instructor shall be a
5 31 naturopath licensed pursuant to this chapter.
5 32 4. The practice of oriental medicine or oriental
5 33 herbology, or the rendering of other dietary or nutritional
5 34 advice.
5 35 Sec. 12. NEW SECTION. 152E.5 BOARD OF NATUROPATHY
6 1 EXAMINERS.
6 2 The board of naturopathy examiners shall do any of the
6 3 following:
6 4 1. Adopt rules regarding the qualifications of naturopaths
6 5 including the minimum educational standards comparable to the
6 6 educational requirements of other health professions, and
6 7 verification of qualifications by examination of applicants
6 8 for naturopathic licensure.
6 9 2. Employ clerical, administrative, and investigative
6 10 staff necessary to implement and administer this chapter.
6 11 3. Determine whether alternative methods of training are
6 12 equivalent to formal education, and establish forms,
6 13 procedures, and criteria for evaluation of an applicant's
6 14 equivalent alternative training to determine the applicant's
6 15 eligibility to take the examination.
6 16 4. Adopt rules to implement a continuing competency
6 17 program.
6 18 Sec. 13. BOARD OF NATUROPATHY EXAMINERS – INITIAL TERMS.
6 19 The initial board of naturopathy examiners shall be composed
6 20 of three members who would qualify for licensure under chapter
6 21 154E and two members who represent the general public.
6 22 EXPLANATION
6 23 This bill requires licensure in order to practice
6 24 naturopathy. The bill provides definitions relating to
6 25 naturopathy, establishes a board of naturopathy examiners,
6 26 provides when a license is required and exceptions to
6 27 application of the chapter, and makes existing requirements
6 28 for other health-related professions applicable to
6 29 naturopaths. The bill makes penalties for violators of the
6 30 licensing provisions, including the use of an injunction and
6 31 the penalty of a serious misdemeanor, applicable to
6 32 naturopathy.
6 33 LSB 2209YH 77
6 34 pf/sc/14.1
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