Bill Text: IA SF2304 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to professional standards for the certification or designation of music therapists and providing penalties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-19 - Subcommittee: Danielson, Chapman, and Smith. S.J. 375. [SF2304 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2304-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2304 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  DANIELSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to professional standards for the certification
  2    or designation of music therapists and providing penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  154G.1  Definitions.
  1  2    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
  1  3 requires:
  1  4    1.  "Music therapist" means a person who holds one of the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    a.  An active music therapist board=certified credential
  1  7 granted by the certification board for music therapists.
  1  8    b.  A professional designation in good standing on the
  1  9 national music therapy registry.
  1 10    2.  "Music therapy" means the clinical and evidence=based
  1 11 use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals
  1 12 for people of all ages and ability levels within a therapeutic
  1 13 relationship by a music therapist.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  154G.2  Practice or use of title.
  1 15    1.  A person shall not profess to be a music therapist or
  1 16 board=certified music therapist or use the initials "MT=BC"
  1 17 or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia
  1 18 indicating or implying that the person is a music therapist
  1 19 unless the person holds and maintains the music therapist
  1 20 board=certified credential granted by the certification board
  1 21 for music therapists or until January 20, 2020, is designated
  1 22 as a registered music therapist, certified music therapist, or
  1 23 advanced certified music therapist and is in good standing on
  1 24 the national music therapy registry.
  1 25    2.  This chapter does not prohibit a person from using music
  1 26 in the performance of the person's profession or occupation if
  1 27 incidental to the person's profession or occupation and if the
  1 28 person does not represent that the person is a music therapist.
  1 29    3.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a simple
  1 30 misdemeanor.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 34    This bill requires any person claiming to be a music
  1 35 therapist to hold a music therapist board=certified credential
  2  1 granted by the certification board for music therapists or
  2  2 until January 20, 2020, is designated as a registered music
  2  3 therapist, or advanced certified music therapist and is in good
  2  4 standing on the national music therapy registry. A person who
  2  5 violates this bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple
  2  6 misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than 30
  2  7 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by
  2  8 both.
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