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Iowa Code § 147.2 (2026)

License required

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1. A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and surgery, podiatry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, genetic counseling, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, physical therapist assisting, nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, dental assisting, optometry, speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, occupational therapy assisting, orthotics, prosthetics, pedorthics, respiratory care, pharmacy, cosmetology arts and sciences, barbering, social work, dietetics, applied behavior analysis, marital and family therapy or mental health counseling, massage therapy, mortuary science, polysomnography, athletic training, acupuncture, nursing home administration, or sign language interpreting or transliterating, or shall not practice as a physician assistant or a hearing aid specialist, 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. [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] 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; 2012 Acts, ch 1101, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 57, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 70, §3, 18; 2018 Acts, ch 1052, §2, 12; 2018 Acts, ch 1106, §3, 14 Referred to in §148.6, 148G.1, 148G.6 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2023 · leading case: In The Matter Of Prop. Seized From Bo (Brian) Li, Na Tian, & Wei Tian, 911 N.W.2d 423 (Iowa 2018).

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In The Matter Of Prop. Seized From Bo (Brian) Li, Na Tian, & Wei Tian, 911 N.W.2d 423 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 4× “" Iowa Code § 147.2 (1). Later in that chapter, the Code states, "Any person violating any provision of this subtitle, except .”

Wolbers v. the Finley Hosp., 673 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 147.2 . The matter of control as to the details of the work is an important element of a master-servant relationship, see Restatement (Second) of Agency § 220(2)(a) (1958) [hereinafter Restatement].”

Moore v. Vanderloo, 386 N.W.2d 108 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 147.2 . An applicant for a license must pass an examination in order to receive one, Iowa Code section 147.”

State v. Miller, 542 N.W.2d 241 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 10× “Persons who publicly profess to be physicians or who publicly profess to assume the duties incident to the practice of medicine and osteopathic medicine.”

Shafik Wassef v. Dennis Tibben, 68 F.4th 1083 (8th Cir. 2023). “See Iowa Code §§ 147.2 , 147.13(1), 147.36, 148.”

Hagen v. Siouxland Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.C., 964 F. Supp. 2d 951 (N.D. Iowa 2013). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 147.2 . These state licensing boards — the board of medicine and the board of nursing — must establish rules for revoking and suspending licenses of doctors and nurses who engage in harm *963 ful or unprofessional conduct.”

Cedar Mem'l Park Cemetery Ass'n v. Pers. Assocs. Inc., 178 N.W.2d 343 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 2× “Section 147.2 provides in part: “No person shall engage in the practice of * * * funeral directing or embalming as defined in the following chapters of this title, unless he shall have obtained from the state department of health a license for that purpose.”

Renee Hummel v. Adam B. Smith, Adam Smith, M.D., P.C., & Tri-State Specialists, L.L.P. (Iowa 2023). · cites it 2× “Consider the following instances where “license” in isolation refers to an active license: Iowa Code section 147.2(1) provides that a person shall not practice medicine without a “license for that purpose,” and section 147.”

Gatluak Jerweng, Gatluak Jerweng as Next Friend of S.M. & B.M., & Gatluak Jerweng as Adm'r for the Est. of D.M. v. State of Iowa (Dep't of Human Servs.) (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). “§ 147.2(1). 6 claim founded upon violation of the statute.”

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Renee Hummel v. Adam B. Smith, Adam Smith, M.D., P.C., & Tri-State Specialists, L.L.P. (Iowa 2023). “Consider the following instances where “license” in isolation refers to an active license: Iowa Code section 147.2(1) provides that a person shall not practice medicine without a “license for that purpose,” and section 147.”

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