Senate File 373 - Introduced SENATE FILE 373 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1132) A BILL FOR An Act relating to licensure identification and display 1 requirements and professional title and abbreviation 2 restrictions for certain health-related professions and 3 making penalties applicable. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2137SV (3) 85 jr/sc

S.F. 373 Section 1. Section 147.72, Code 2013, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 147.72 Professional titles and abbreviations. 3 1. a. Any person licensed to practice a profession under 4 this subtitle may append to the person’s name any recognized 5 title or abbreviation, which the person is entitled to use, 6 to designate the person’s particular profession, but no other 7 person shall assume or use such title or abbreviation, and no 8 licensee shall advertise in such a manner as to lead the public 9 to believe that the licensee is engaged in the practice of any 10 other profession than the one which the licensee is licensed 11 to practice. 12 b. Any advertisement for services provided by a person 13 licensed to practice a profession under this subtitle shall 14 clearly identify the license held by the person advertising or 15 providing services, consistent with this subtitle. 16 2. A board shall require any person licensed to practice a 17 profession identified under section 147.74 to do the following 18 when directly engaging a member of the public in a clinical 19 setting in the practice of the person’s profession: 20 a. Wear a form of identification consistent with rules 21 promulgated by each applicable board, except if wearing 22 identification creates a safety or health risk, or in 23 situations when voluntarily and gratuitously responding to a 24 need for health care created by an emergency or a state or 25 local disaster. The rules shall establish uniform minimum 26 standards for identification. Minimum standards shall include 27 prominent display of the professional title and abbreviation of 28 the licensee as set forth in section 147.74. 29 b. If wearing identification creates a safety or health 30 risk, or in situations when voluntarily and gratuitously 31 responding to a need for health care created by an emergency or 32 a state or local disaster, the licensee shall verbally disclose 33 the license the licensee holds. 34 3. Persons licensed pursuant to section 148.5 shall also 35 -1- LSB 2137SV (3) 85 jr/sc 1/ 3

S.F. 373 comply with the requirements of subsection 2 of this section 1 consistent with rules adopted by the board of medicine. 2 4. Failure of a licensee to comply with the requirements 3 set forth in subsection 2 and the rules adopted thereunder may 4 constitute a basis for board action against the licensee. 5 Sec. 2. Section 147.74, subsection 21, Code 2013, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 21. An advanced registered nurse practitioner practicing 8 pursuant to rules adopted by the board and licensed as a 9 registered nurse under chapter 152 may use the words “advanced 10 registered nurse practitioner” or the letters “A.R.N.P.” after 11 the person’s name. A registered nurse licensed under chapter 12 152 may use the words “registered nurse” or the letters “R. N.” 13 after the person’s name. A licensed practical nurse licensed 14 under chapter 152 may use the words “licensed practical nurse” 15 or the letters “L. P. N.” after the person’s name. 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill makes changes relating to licensure identification 18 and display and to professional title and abbreviation 19 restrictions for certain health-related professions. 20 The bill requires that any advertisement for services 21 provided by a person licensed in a health-related profession 22 clearly identify the license held by the person advertising or 23 providing services. 24 The bill requires persons licensed in health-related 25 professions whose professional title and abbreviation 26 is designated by Code section 147.74 to wear a form of 27 identification based on standards promulgated by rule by each 28 applicable licensing board unless wearing the identification 29 creates a safety or health risk or if the person is responding 30 gratuitously to an emergency or disaster. The bill also 31 provides that this requirement applies to resident physicians 32 licensed under Code section 148.5. 33 The bill also authorizes an advanced registered nurse 34 practitioner to use the words “advanced registered nurse 35 -2- LSB 2137SV (3) 85 jr/sc 2/ 3

S.F. 373 practitioner” or the acronym “A.R.N.P.”. Current law provides 1 that a person who fails to properly use the designations 2 specified in statute is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A 3 simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more 4 than 30 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 5 or both. 6 -3- LSB 2137SV (3) 85 jr/sc 3/ 3