Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 148.1 (2026)

Persons engaged in practice

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For the purpose of this subtitle, the following classes of persons shall be deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery:

1. Persons who publicly profess to be physicians and surgeons or osteopathic physicians and surgeons, or who publicly profess to assume the duties incident to the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.

2. Persons who prescribe, or prescribe and furnish, medicine for human ailments or treat the same by surgery.

3. Persons who act as representatives of any person in doing any of the things mentioned in this section. [C97, §2579; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2538; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148.1] 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §44; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §170, 264 Referred to in §148.2 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1995 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Iowa Dep't of Health v. Van Wyk, 320 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1982).
State Ex Rel. Iowa Dep't of Health v. Van Wyk, 320 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 4× “§ 148.1(2), The Code. Practitioners of osteopathic medicine and surgery are similarly defined: Persons who prescribe, or prescribe and furnish medicine for human ailments or treat the same by surgery.”
State v. Miller, 542 N.W.2d 241 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 2× “Persons who publicly profess to be physicians or who publicly profess to assume the duties incident to the practice of medicine and osteopathic medicine.”
— Iowa Code § 148.1(2) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Iowa Dep't of Health v. Van Wyk, 320 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1982). “§ 148.1(2), The Code. Practitioners of osteopathic medicine and surgery are similarly defined: Persons who prescribe, or prescribe and furnish medicine for human ailments or treat the same by surgery.”
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