Bill Text: IA HF2031 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the licensed health professional member of a local board of health. (See HF 2221.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-24 - Withdrawn. H.J. 348. [HF2031 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2031-Introduced.html
House
File
2031
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2031
BY
KERR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
licensed
health
professional
member
of
a
1
local
board
of
health.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
“Health
officer”
shall
mean
means
the
physician
,
3
physician
assistant,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
4
advanced
practice
registered
nurse
who
is
the
health
officer
5
of
the
local
board
of
health.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
137.105,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
Code
7
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
d.
Local
boards
of
health
shall
consist
of
at
least
five
9
members.
At
least
one
member
shall
be
licensed
as
a
physician
10
under
chapter
148
,
a
physician
assistant
under
chapter
148C,
an
11
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
under
chapter
152,
or
an
12
advanced
practice
registered
nurse
under
chapter
152E
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
provides
that
instead
of
requiring
one
of
the
17
five
members
of
a
local
board
of
health
to
be
a
physician,
one
18
of
the
five
members
is
instead
required
to
be
a
physician,
a
19
physician
assistant,
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
20
or
an
advanced
practice
registered
nurse.
The
bill
also
makes
21
a
conforming
change
to
define
the
“health
officer”
of
the
local
22
board
of
health
as
a
physician,
a
physician
assistant,
an
23
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
an
advanced
practice
24
registered
nurse.
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