147.2  License required.

A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and surgery, podiatry, osteopathy, osteopathic medicine and surgery, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, optometry, speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, respiratory care, pharmacy, cosmetology, barbering, social work, dietetics, marital and family therapy or mental health counseling, massage therapy, mortuary science, or acupuncture, or shall not practice as a physician assistant as defined in the following chapters of this subtitle, unless the person has obtained from the department a license for that purpose.

For purposes of this section, a person who is licensed in another state and recognized for licensure in this state pursuant to the nurse licensure compact contained in section 152E.1 shall be considered to have obtained a license to practice nursing from the department.

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 2582, 2588; S13, § 2575-a28, -a31, -a36, 2582, 2583-a, -d, -r, 2600-o4; SS15, § 2588; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2439; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 147.2]

Section History: Recent form

  85 Acts, ch 168, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1225, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1035, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1036, § 5; 98 Acts, ch 1050, §1, 5; 2000 Acts, ch 1008, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1053, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1185, §1

Internal References

  Referred to in § 147.103A


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