HSB 576 (LSB 5715YC (3) 87)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON NUNN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the practice of certain professions and limited liability companies and professional corporations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 489.1101, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  “Profession” means the profession of certified public accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, physical therapy, practice as a physician assistant, psychology, professional engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, law, medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, accounting practitioner, podiatry, real estate brokerage, speech pathology, audiology, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, nursing, or marital and family therapy, or mental health counseling, provided that the marital and family therapist or mental health counselor is licensed under chapters 147 and 154D.
    Sec. 2.  Section 489.1102, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  For purposes of this section, marital and family therapy, mental health counseling, and psychology shall be deemed to be professions which could lawfully be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals.
    Sec. 3.  Section 496C.2, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  “Profession” means the profession of certified public accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, physical therapy, practice as a physician assistant, psychology, marital and family therapy, or mental health counseling, provided that the marital and family therapist or mental health counselor is licensed under chapters 147 and 154D, professional engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, law, medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, accounting practitioner, podiatry, real estate brokerage, speech pathology, audiology, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and the practice of nursing.
    Sec. 4.  Section 496C.4, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  For purposes of this section, marital and family therapy, mental health counseling, and psychology shall be deemed to be professions which could lawfully be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill adds to the list of professions permitted to practice in professional limited liability companies and professional corporations and to the list of professions that may be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals in a professional corporation. 
   The bill adds mental health counseling to the list of professions permitted to form a professional limited liability company. The bill also permits marital and family therapy, mental health counseling, and psychology to be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals in a professional limited liability company.
   The bill adds marital and family therapy and mental health counseling to the list of professions permitted to form a professional corporation. The bill also permits marital and family therapy, mental health counseling, and psychology to be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals in a professional corporation.