House File 2300 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2300 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 576) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 22, 2018 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the practice of certain professions and 1 limited liability companies and professional corporations 2 and including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 2300 (4) 87 ss/rh/md
H.F. 2300 Section 1. Section 489.1101, subsection 4, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 4. “Profession” means the profession of certified public 3 accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, physical 4 therapy, practice as a physician assistant, psychology, 5 professional engineering, land surveying, landscape 6 architecture, law, medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathic 7 medicine and surgery, accounting practitioner, podiatry, real 8 estate brokerage, speech pathology, audiology, veterinary 9 medicine, pharmacy, nursing, or marital and family therapy , 10 or mental health counseling, provided that the marital and 11 family therapist or mental health counselor is licensed under 12 chapters 147 and 154D , or social work, provided that the social 13 worker is licensed pursuant to chapter 147 and section 154C.3, 14 subsection 1, paragraph “c” . 15 Sec. 2. Section 489.1102, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 16 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 17 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. For purposes of this section, marital 18 and family therapy, mental health counseling, psychology, and 19 social work shall be deemed to be professions which could 20 lawfully be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or 21 a partnership of licensed individuals. 22 Sec. 3. Section 496C.2, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 4. “Profession” means the profession of certified public 25 accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, physical 26 therapy, practice as a physician assistant, psychology, marital 27 and family therapy or mental health counseling, provided that 28 the marital and family therapist or mental health counselor is 29 licensed under chapters 147 and 154D, social work, provided 30 that the social worker is licensed pursuant to chapter 147 31 and section 154C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “c” , professional 32 engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, law, 33 medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine and 34 surgery, accounting practitioner, podiatry, real estate 35 -1- HF 2300 (4) 87 ss/rh/md 1/ 2
H.F. 2300 brokerage, speech pathology, audiology, veterinary medicine, 1 pharmacy, and the practice of nursing. 2 Sec. 4. Section 496C.4, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended 3 by adding the following new paragraph: 4 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. For purposes of this section, marital 5 and family therapy, mental health counseling, psychology, and 6 social work shall be deemed to be professions which could 7 lawfully be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or 8 a partnership of licensed individuals. 9 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 10 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 11 -2- HF 2300 (4) 87 ss/rh/md 2/ 2