Bill Text: IA SF2248 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the licensed professionals authorized to prescribe respiratory care services. (Formerly SSB 3040.) Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 701. [SF2248 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2248-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
LICENSED
PROFESSIONALS
AUTHORIZED
TO
PRESCRIBE
RESPIRATORY
CARE
SERVICES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
152B.1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
“Qualified
health
care
professional
prescriber”
means
a
physician
assistant
operating
under
the
prescribing
authority
granted
in
section
147.107
or
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
operating
under
the
prescribing
authority
granted
in
section
147.107.
Sec.
2.
Section
152B.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(2)
Direct
and
indirect
respiratory
care
services
,
including
but
not
limited
to
,
the
administration
of
pharmacological
and
diagnostic
and
therapeutic
agents
related
to
respiratory
care
procedures
necessary
to
implement
a
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p.
2
treatment,
disease
prevention,
pulmonary
rehabilitative,
or
diagnostic
regimen
prescribed
by
a
licensed
physician
,
or
surgeon
,
or
qualified
health
care
professional
prescriber
.
Sec.
3.
Section
152B.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
“Respiratory
care
as
a
practice”
does
not
include
the
delivery,
assembly,
setup,
testing,
or
demonstration
of
respiratory
care
equipment
in
the
home
upon
the
order
of
a
licensed
physician
or
a
qualified
health
care
professional
prescriber
.
As
used
in
this
paragraph,
“demonstration”
does
not
include
the
actual
teaching,
administration,
or
performance
of
the
respiratory
care
procedures.
Sec.
4.
Section
152B.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
“Respiratory
care
protocols”
as
used
in
this
section
means
policies
and
procedures
developed
by
an
organized
health
care
system
through
consultation,
when
appropriate,
with
administrators,
licensed
physicians
and
surgeons,
qualified
health
care
professional
prescribers,
licensed
registered
nurses,
licensed
physical
therapists,
licensed
respiratory
care
practitioners,
and
other
licensed
health
care
practitioners.
Sec.
5.
Section
152B.3,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
The
performance
of
respiratory
care
shall
be
in
accordance
with
the
prescription
of
a
licensed
physician
,
or
surgeon
,
or
qualified
health
care
professional
prescriber
and
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
the
diagnostic
and
therapeutic
use
of
the
following:
Sec.
6.
Section
152B.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
A
respiratory
care
practitioner
may
transcribe
and
implement
a
written
or
verbal
order
from
a
licensed
physician
,
or
surgeon
,
or
qualified
health
care
professional
prescriber
pertaining
to
the
practice
of
respiratory
care.
Sec.
7.
Section
152B.4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
152B.4
Location
of
respiratory
care.
The
practice
of
respiratory
care
may
be
performed
in
a
hospital
as
defined
in
section
135B.1,
subsection
3
,
and
other
settings
where
respiratory
care
is
to
be
provided
in
accordance
with
a
prescription
of
a
licensed
physician
,
or
surgeon
,
or
qualified
health
care
professional
prescriber
.
Respiratory
care
may
be
provided
during
transportation
of
a
patient
and
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p.
3
under
circumstances
where
an
emergency
necessitates
respiratory
care.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
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2248,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
