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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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