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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2516 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY LICENSURE FOR MARITAL AND FAMILY 1 5 THERAPISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS, ESTABLISHING 1 6 TRANSITION PROVISIONS, REMOVING FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS 1 7 REGARDING BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EXAMINERS' MEETINGS, 1 8 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 9 1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 11 1 12 Section 1. Section 147.2, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 13 follows: 1 14 A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and 1 15 surgery, podiatry, osteopathy, osteopathic medicine and 1 16 surgery, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, nursing, 1 17 dentistry, dental hygiene, optometry, speech pathology, 1 18 audiology, occupational therapy, respiratory care, pharmacy, 1 19 cosmetology, barbering, social work, dietetics, marital and 1 20 family therapy or mental health counseling, or mortuary 1 21 science or shall not practice as a physician assistant as 1 22 defined in the following chapters of this subtitle, unless the 1 23 person has obtained from the department a license for that 1 24 purpose. 1 25 Sec. 2. Section 154D.3, subsection 5, Code 1997, is 1 26 amended by striking the subsection. 1 27 Sec. 3. Section 154D.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 28 follows: 1 29 154D.4 EXEMPTIONS. 1 30 1. This chapter and chapter 147 do not prevent qualified 1 31 members of other professions, including but not limited to 1 32 nurses, psychologists, social workers, physicians, physician 1 33 assistants, attorneys-at-law, or members of the clergy, from 1 34 providing or advertising that they provide services of a 1 35 marital and family therapy or mental health counseling nature 2 1 consistent with the accepted standards of their respective 2 2 professions, but these persons shall not use a title or 2 3 description denoting that they are licensed marital and family 2 4 therapists or licensed mental health counselors. 2 5 2. The licensure requirements of this chapter and chapter 2 6 147 do not apply to the following: 2 7 a. Students whose activities are conducted within a course 2 8 of professional education in marital and family therapy or 2 9 mental health counseling. 2 10 b. A person who practices marital and family therapy or 2 11 mental health counseling under the supervision of a person 2 12 licensed under this chapter as part of a clinical experience 2 13 as described in section 154D.2, subsection 1, paragraph "b", 2 14 or section 154D.2, subsection 2, paragraph "b". 2 15 c. The provision of children, family, or mental health 2 16 services through the department of human services or juvenile 2 17 court, or agencies contracting with the department of human 2 18 services or juvenile court, by persons who do not represent 2 19 themselves to be either a marital and family therapist or a 2 20 mental health counselor. 2 21 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 154D.6 TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 2 22 1. An applicant for a license to practice marital and 2 23 family therapy or mental health counseling, applying prior to 2 24 July 1, 2000, shall not be required respectively to meet the 2 25 examination requirement contained in section 154D.2, 2 26 subsection 1, paragraph "c", or subsection 2, paragraph "c", 2 27 if one of the following is met: 2 28 a. The applicant meets the requirements contained in 2 29 section 154D.2, subsection 1, paragraphs "a" and "b", or 2 30 subsection 2, paragraphs "a" and "b", respectively. 2 31 b. The applicant meets the requirements contained in 2 32 section 154D.2, subsection 1, paragraph "a", or subsection 2, 2 33 paragraph "a", and has four thousand hours of employment 2 34 experience in the practice of marital and family therapy or 2 35 mental health counseling, respectively. 3 1 2. Penalty fees otherwise incurred pursuant to section 3 2 147.10, and continuing education requirements applicable to 3 3 the period prior to license reinstatement, shall be waived by 3 4 the board for any previously licensed marital and family 3 5 therapist or mental health counselor whose license has lapsed 3 6 prior to July 1, 1998. Applicants with a lapsed license 3 7 applying for reinstatement shall be required to complete a 3 8 reinstatement application and pay a renewal fee and 3 9 reinstatement fee pursuant to section 147.11 and section 3 10 147.80, subsections 21 and 22. 3 11 3. The department of public health may retain any renewal 3 12 fees generated by this Act which exceed the department's 3 13 revenue projections for fee generation relating to marital and 3 14 family therapy and mental health counseling under chapters 147 3 15 and 154D established prior to the enactment of this Act, 3 16 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 3 17 30, 1999. The department may use the retained fees to pay any 3 18 administrative expenses directly resulting from the provisions 3 19 of this Act. 3 20 Sec. 5. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, 3 21 takes effect upon enactment. 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 25 RON J. CORBETT 3 26 Speaker of the House 3 27 3 28 3 29 3 30 MARY E. KRAMER 3 31 President of the Senate 3 32 3 33 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 34 is known as House File 2516, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 35 4 1 4 2 4 3 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 4 4 Chief Clerk of the House 4 5 Approved , 1998 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 4 10 Governor
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