147.2 - LICENSE REQUIRED.
147.2 LICENSE REQUIRED.
1. A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and
surgery, podiatry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, psychology,
chiropractic, physical therapy, physical therapist assisting,
nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, dental assisting, optometry,
speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, occupational
therapy assisting, respiratory care, pharmacy, cosmetology arts and
sciences, barbering, social work, dietetics, marital and family
therapy or mental health counseling, massage therapy, mortuary
science, athletic training, acupuncture, nursing home administration,
hearing aid dispensing, or sign language interpreting or
transliterating, or shall not practice as a physician assistant,
unless the person has obtained a license for that purpose from the
board for the profession.
2. For purposes of this section, a person who is licensed in
another state and recognized for licensure in this state pursuant to
the nurse licensure compact contained in section 152E.1 or pursuant
to the advanced practice registered nurse compact contained in
section 152E.3 shall be considered to have obtained a license to
practice nursing. Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 2582, 2588; S13, § 2575-a28, -a31, -a36, 2582, 2583-a, -d,
-r, 2600-o4; SS15, § 2588; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2439; C46, 50,
54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 147.2] Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 168, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1225, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1035, §1;
96 Acts, ch 1036, § 5; 98 Acts, ch 1050, §1, 5; 2000 Acts, ch 1008,
§1; 2000 Acts, ch 1053, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1185, §1; 2004 Acts, ch
1045, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §421, 433; 2005 Acts, ch 53, §1; 2007
Acts, ch 10, §28; 2008 Acts, ch 1009, §1, 5; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §2
Referred to in § 148.6