Senate Study Bill 1001 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON RAGAN)


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to allow physician assistants to form a professional
  2    corporation or limited liability company.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1197XC 83
  5 jr/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 490A.1501, subsection 4, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  "Profession" means the profession of certified public
  1  4 accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, physical
  1  5 therapy, practice as a physician assistant, psychology,
  1  6 professional engineering, land surveying, landscape
  1  7 architecture, law, medicine and surgery, optometry,
  1  8 osteopathic medicine and surgery, accounting practitioner,
  1  9 podiatry, real estate brokerage, speech pathology, audiology,
  1 10 veterinary medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and marriage and
  1 11 family therapy, provided that the marriage and family
  1 12 therapist is licensed under chapters 147 and 154D.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 496C.2, subsection 4, Code 2009, is
  1 14 amended to read as follows:
  1 15    4.  "Profession" means the profession of certified public
  1 16 accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, physical
  1 17 therapy, practice as a physician assistant, psychology,
  1 18 professional engineering, land surveying, landscape
  1 19 architecture, law, medicine and surgery, optometry,
  1 20 osteopathic medicine and surgery, accounting practitioner,
  1 21 podiatry, real estate brokerage, speech pathology, audiology,
  1 22 veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and the practice of nursing.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill allows physician assistants to form a
  1 25 professional corporation or a professional limited liability
  1 26 company.
  1 27 LSB 1197XC 83
  1 28 jr/nh/8