148A.3 - PERSONS NOT INCLUDED.
148A.3 PERSONS NOT INCLUDED.
Section 148A.1 shall not be construed to include the following
classes of persons:
1. Licensed physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and
surgeons, podiatric physicians, chiropractors, nurses, dentists,
cosmetologists, and barbers, who are engaged in the practice of their
respective professions.
2. Students of physical therapy who practice physical therapy
under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist in connection
with the regular course of instruction at a school of physical
therapy.
3. Physical therapists of the United States army, navy, or public
health service, or physical therapists licensed in another state,
when incidentally called into this state in consultation with a
physician and surgeon or physical therapists licensed in this state.
4. Nonprofessional workers not held out as physical therapists
who are employed in hospitals, clinics, offices or health care
facilities as defined in section 135C.1 working under the supervision
and direction of a physical therapist or physician licensed pursuant
to chapter 148.
5. Massage therapists, massage technicians, masseurs and
masseuses who administer body massage by Swedish or other massage
technique, including modalities, in a massage establishment, health
club, athletic club or school athletic department, but in no instance
shall they designate themselves as physical therapists. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 148A.3] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1268, § 2; 96 Acts, ch 1034, § 68; 2008 Acts, ch 1088,
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