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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
DISCIPLINARY
ACTION
FOR
PERSONS
LICENSED
TO
PRACTICE
HEALTH-RELATED
PROFESSIONS
BASED
ON
THEIR
TREATMENT
OF
LYME
DISEASE
OR
OTHER
TICK-BORNE
DISEASES,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
147.56
Lyme
disease
treatment
——
exemption
from
discipline.
A
person
licensed
by
a
board
under
this
subtitle
shall
not
be
subject
to
discipline
under
this
chapter
or
the
board’s
enabling
statute
based
solely
on
the
licensee’s
recommendation
or
provision
of
a
treatment
method
for
Lyme
disease
or
other
tick-borne
disease
if
the
recommendation
or
provision
of
such
treatment
meets
all
the
following
criteria:
1.
The
treatment
is
provided
after
an
examination
is
performed
and
informed
consent
is
received
from
the
patient.
2.
The
licensee
identifies
a
medical
reason
for
recommending
or
providing
the
treatment.
3.
The
treatment
is
provided
after
the
licensee
informs
the
patient
about
other
recognized
treatment
options
and
describes
to
the
patient
the
licensee’s
education,
experience,
and
credentials
regarding
the
treatment
of
Lyme
disease
or
other
tick-borne
disease.
4.
The
licensee
uses
the
licensee’s
own
medical
judgment
based
on
a
thorough
review
of
all
available
clinical
information
and
Lyme
disease
or
other
tick-borne
disease
literature
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determine
the
best
course
of
treatment
for
the
individual
patient.
5.
The
treatment
will
not,
in
the
opinion
of
the
licensee,
result
in
the
direct
and
proximate
death
of
or
serious
bodily
injury
to
the
patient.
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
577,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor