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1 1 Section 1. Section 147.2, Code 1997, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and
1 4 surgery, podiatry, osteopathy, osteopathic medicine and
1 5 surgery, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, nursing,
1 6 dentistry, dental hygiene, optometry, speech pathology,
1 7 audiology, occupational therapy, respiratory care, pharmacy,
1 8 cosmetology, barbering, social work, dietetics, marital and
1 9 family therapy or mental health counseling, or mortuary
1 10 science or shall not practice as a physician assistant as
1 11 defined in the following chapters of this subtitle, unless the
1 12 person has obtained from the department a license for that
1 13 purpose.
1 14 Sec. 2. Section 154D.3, subsection 5, Code 1997, is
1 15 amended by striking the subsection.
1 16 Sec. 3. Section 154D.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as
1 17 follows:
1 18 154D.4 EXEMPTIONS.
1 19 This chapter and chapter 147 do not prevent qualified
1 20 members of other professions, including but not limited to
1 21 nurses, psychologists, social workers, physicians, physician
1 22 assistants, attorneys-at-law, or members of the clergy, from
1 23 providing or advertising that they provide services of a
1 24 marital and family therapy or mental health counseling nature
1 25 consistent with the accepted standards of their respective
1 26 professions, but these persons shall not use a title or
1 27 description denoting that they are licensed marital and family
1 28 therapists or licensed mental health counselors. The
1 29 licensure requirement of this chapter does not apply to
1 30 students whose activities are conducted within a course of
1 31 professional education in marital and family therapy or mental
1 32 health counseling, or to a person who practices marital and
1 33 family therapy or mental health counseling under the
1 34 supervision of a person licensed under this chapter as part of
1 35 a clinical experience as described in section 154D.2,
2 1 subsection 1, paragraph "b", or section 154D.2, subsection 2,
2 2 paragraph "b".
2 3 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 154D.6 TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
2 4 1. An applicant for a license to practice marital and
2 5 family therapy or mental health counseling, applying prior to
2 6 July 1, 2000, shall not be required respectively to meet the
2 7 examination requirement contained in section 154D.2,
2 8 subsection 1, paragraph "c", or subsection 2, paragraph "c",
2 9 if one of the following is met:
2 10 a. The applicant meets the requirements contained in
2 11 section 154D.2, subsection 1, paragraphs "a" and "b", or
2 12 subsection 2, paragraphs "a" and "b", respectively.
2 13 b. The applicant meets the requirements contained in
2 14 section 154D.2, subsection 1, paragraph "a", or subsection 2,
2 15 paragraph "a", and has four thousand hours of employment
2 16 experience in the practice of marital and family therapy or
2 17 mental health counseling, respectively.
2 18 2. Penalty fees otherwise incurred pursuant to section
2 19 147.10, and continuing education requirements applicable to
2 20 the period prior to license reinstatement, shall be waived by
2 21 the board for any previously licensed marital and family
2 22 therapist or mental health counselor whose license has lapsed
2 23 prior to July 1, 1998. Applicants with a lapsed license
2 24 applying for reinstatement shall be required to complete a
2 25 reinstatement application and pay a renewal fee and
2 26 reinstatement fee pursuant to section 147.11 and section
2 27 147.80, subsections 21 and 22.
2 28 3. The department of public health may retain any renewal
2 29 fees generated by this Act which exceed the department's
2 30 revenue projections for fee generation relating to marital and
2 31 family therapy and mental health counseling under chapters 147
2 32 and 154D established prior to the enactment of this Act,
2 33 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June
2 34 30, 1999. The department may use the retained fees to pay any
2 35 administrative expenses directly resulting from the provisions
3 1 of this Act.
3 2 Sec. 5. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
3 3 takes effect upon enactment.
3 4 EXPLANATION
3 5 This bill provides for the mandatory licensure of
3 6 individuals engaged in the professional practice of marital
3 7 and family therapy or mental health counseling. Title
3 8 requirements have previously been established in Code chapter
3 9 154D regarding qualification to utilize the professional
3 10 designation of marital and family therapist or mental health
3 11 counselor, but that chapter does not mandate licensing in
3 12 order to practice. The bill adds marital and family therapy
3 13 and mental health counseling to the list of professions for
3 14 which a license is required in Code section 147.2. The bill
3 15 adds physician assistants to the list of other professions who
3 16 are not prevented from providing services of a marital and
3 17 family therapy or mental health counseling nature consistent
3 18 with the accepted standards of their professions, and provides
3 19 that licensure requirements of the bill shall not apply to
3 20 students whose activities are conducted within a course of
3 21 professional education in marital and family therapy or mental
3 22 health counseling, or to persons practicing under the
3 23 supervision of a licensee of the chapter as part of a clinical
3 24 experience.
3 25 The bill exempts individuals seeking licensure prior to
3 26 July 1, 2000, from the examination requirements contained in
3 27 Code section 154D.2, subsection 1, paragraph "c", and
3 28 subsection 2, paragraph "c", provided that the education and
3 29 clinical experience requirements contained in Code section
3 30 154D.2 are met, or in lieu of the clinical experience
3 31 requirements, that 4,000 hours of practice have been
3 32 performed. The bill provides that previously licensed
3 33 applicants whose licenses have lapsed prior to July 1, 1998,
3 34 shall not incur a financial penalty or be subject to
3 35 continuing education requirements for the period of the lapse
4 1 in licensure. Applicants for reinstatement shall complete a
4 2 reinstatement application and pay a renewal and reinstatement
4 3 fee. The department of public health is authorized, for
4 4 fiscal year 1998-1999, to retain any renewal fees generated by
4 5 the enactment of the bill which are in excess of the
4 6 anticipated revenues derived from fees relating to marital and
4 7 family therapy and mental health counseling under the existing
4 8 provisions of Code chapters 147 and 154D.
4 9 Additionally, the bill strikes Code section 154D.3,
4 10 subsection 5, which relates to the number of board of
4 11 behavioral science examiners' meetings required to be held
4 12 annually.
4 13 The bill would become law upon enactment.
4 14 LSB 3301DP 77
4 15 rn/jl/8.2
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