Bill Text: IA SF115 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to grounds for discipline of physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, and physician assistants, and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-26 - Subcommittee: Costello, Bolkcom, and Greene. S.J. 145. [SF115 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF115-Introduced.html

---

Senate File 115 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  BOLKCOM

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to grounds for discipline of physicians and
  2    surgeons, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, and physician
  3    assistants, and including effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1138XS (3) 87
    tr/nh

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 147.55, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    147.55  Grounds.
  1  4    1.  A licensee's license to practice a profession shall be
  1  5 revoked or suspended, or the licensee otherwise disciplined by
  1  6 the board for that profession, when the licensee is guilty of
  1  7 any of the following acts or offenses:
  1  8    1.  a.  Fraud in procuring a license.
  1  9    2.  b.  Professional incompetence.
  1 10    3.  c.  Knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or
  1 11 fraudulent representations in the practice of a profession
  1 12 or engaging in unethical conduct or practice harmful or
  1 13 detrimental to the public. Proof of actual injury need not be
  1 14 established.
  1 15    4.  d.  Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of
  1 16 drugs.
  1 17    5.  e.  Conviction of a crime related to the profession
  1 18 or occupation of the licensee or the conviction of any crime
  1 19 that would affect the licensee's ability to practice within
  1 20 a profession. A copy of the record of conviction or plea of
  1 21 guilty shall be conclusive evidence.
  1 22    6.  f.  Fraud in representations as to skill or ability.
  1 23    7.  g.  Use of untruthful or improbable statements in
  1 24 advertisements.
  1 25    8.  h.  Willful or repeated violations of the provisions of
  1 26 this chapter, chapter 272C, or a board's enabling statute.
  1 27    9.  i.  Other acts or offenses as specified by board rule.
  1 28    2.  a.  A physician's or physician assistant's license
  1 29 shall not be revoked or suspended, or the licensee otherwise
  1 30 disciplined by the board of medicine or board of physician
  1 31 assistants, as applicable, based solely on the licensee's
  1 32 recommendation or provision of a treatment method for lyme
  1 33 disease or other tick=borne disease that is not universally
  1 34 accepted by the licensee's profession.
  1 35    b.  As used in this subsection, "physician" means a person
  2  1 licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
  2  2 medicine and surgery in accordance with chapter 148 and
  2  3 "physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed in
  2  4 accordance with chapter 148C.
  2  5    c.  This subsection shall not exempt a licensee from
  2  6 otherwise applicable professional requirements or standards.
  2  7    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  2  8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  9                           EXPLANATION
  2 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 11 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 12    This bill exempts physicians and surgeons, osteopathic
  2 13 physicians and surgeons, and physician assistants from license
  2 14 revocation or suspension and other discipline based on the
  2 15 recommendation or provision of a treatment method for lyme
  2 16 disease or other tick=borne disease that is not universally
  2 17 accepted by the person's profession. The bill does not exempt
  2 18 physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and surgeons,
  2 19 and physician assistants from any otherwise applicable
  2 20 requirements or standards.
  2 21    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
       LSB 1138XS (3) 87
       tr/nh