Bill Text: IA HSB576 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the practice of certain professions and limited liability companies and professional corporations.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-01-31 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HSB576 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB576-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
576
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
NUNN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
practice
of
certain
professions
and
1
limited
liability
companies
and
professional
corporations.
2
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,
or
10
mental
health
counseling,
provided
that
the
marital
and
family
11
therapist
or
mental
health
counselor
is
licensed
under
chapters
12
147
and
154D
.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
489.1102,
subsection
2,
Code
2018,
is
14
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
15
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
marital
and
16
family
therapy,
mental
health
counseling,
and
psychology
shall
17
be
deemed
to
be
professions
which
could
lawfully
be
practiced
18
in
combination
by
licensed
individuals
or
a
partnership
of
19
licensed
individuals.
20
Sec.
3.
Section
496C.2,
subsection
4,
Code
2018,
is
amended
21
to
read
as
follows:
22
4.
“Profession”
means
the
profession
of
certified
public
23
accountancy,
architecture,
chiropractic,
dentistry,
physical
24
therapy,
practice
as
a
physician
assistant,
psychology,
marital
25
and
family
therapy,
or
mental
health
counseling,
provided
that
26
the
marital
and
family
therapist
or
mental
health
counselor
is
27
licensed
under
chapters
147
and
154D,
professional
engineering,
28
land
surveying,
landscape
architecture,
law,
medicine
29
and
surgery,
optometry,
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
30
accounting
practitioner,
podiatry,
real
estate
brokerage,
31
speech
pathology,
audiology,
veterinary
medicine,
pharmacy,
and
32
the
practice
of
nursing.
33
Sec.
4.
Section
496C.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2018,
is
amended
34
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
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NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
marital
and
1
family
therapy,
mental
health
counseling,
and
psychology
shall
2
be
deemed
to
be
professions
which
could
lawfully
be
practiced
3
in
combination
by
licensed
individuals
or
a
partnership
of
4
licensed
individuals.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
adds
to
the
list
of
professions
permitted
to
9
practice
in
professional
limited
liability
companies
and
10
professional
corporations
and
to
the
list
of
professions
11
that
may
be
practiced
in
combination
by
licensed
individuals
12
or
a
partnership
of
licensed
individuals
in
a
professional
13
corporation.
14
The
bill
adds
mental
health
counseling
to
the
list
of
15
professions
permitted
to
form
a
professional
limited
liability
16
company.
The
bill
also
permits
marital
and
family
therapy,
17
mental
health
counseling,
and
psychology
to
be
practiced
18
in
combination
by
licensed
individuals
or
a
partnership
of
19
licensed
individuals
in
a
professional
limited
liability
20
company.
21
The
bill
adds
marital
and
family
therapy
and
mental
health
22
counseling
to
the
list
of
professions
permitted
to
form
a
23
professional
corporation.
The
bill
also
permits
marital
and
24
family
therapy,
mental
health
counseling,
and
psychology
25
to
be
practiced
in
combination
by
licensed
individuals
or
26
a
partnership
of
licensed
individuals
in
a
professional
27
corporation.
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