Bill Text: IA HF525 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

Iowa House Bill 525 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing a professional limited liability company or a partnership of veterinarians to provide veterinary care. Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-24 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 924. [HF525 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF525-Enrolled.html

House File 525 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 86)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                         House File 525

                             AN ACT
 ALLOWING A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR A
    PARTNERSHIP OF VETERINARIANS TO PROVIDE VETERINARY CARE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 169.4A, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    169.4A  Provision of veterinary services.
    1.  A person, including a corporation, limited liability
 company, or partnership, established on or after July 1, 1994,
 other than either a professional corporation organized under
 chapter 496C or a veterinarian licensed under this chapter,
  shall not provide veterinary medical services, own a veterinary
 clinic, or practice veterinary medicine in this state, except
 as otherwise provided in this chapter. However, this section
    2.  Subsection 1 shall not prohibit do any of the following:
    a.  Apply to a veterinarian licensed under this chapter,
 a partnership formed under chapter 486A and composed of
 licensed veterinarians, a limited liability partnership formed
 under chapter 486A and composed of licensed veterinarians, a
 professional limited liability company organized under chapter
 489 and engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine, or
 a professional corporation organized under chapter 496C and
 engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine.
    b.  Prohibit a person from owning an interest in real
 property or a building where a veterinary clinic is located, if
 veterinary medical services or a veterinary medicine practice
  is conducted by at the clinic by a professional corporation or
 a veterinarian licensed under this chapter person described in
 paragraph "a".


                                                             
                               KRAIG PAULSEN
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 525, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2015


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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