House
File
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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:
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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
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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.
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