§ 147.14 — Composition of boards — quorum

Iowa § 147.14

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 147: GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS

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1. The board members shall consist of the following:
a. For medicine, five members licensed to practice medicine and surgery, two members
licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, and three members not licensed to
practice either medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and who shall
represent the general public.
b. For nursing, three registered nurses, one of whom shall be actively engaged in
practice, one of whom shall be a nurse educator from a nursing education program, and one
of whom shall be an advanced registered nurse practitioner; one licensed practical nurse
actively engaged in practice; and one member who is not a registered nurse or licensed
practical nurse and who shall represent the general public. The representative of the general
public shall not be a member of a health care delivery system.
c. For dentistry, five members licensed to practice dentistry, two members licensed to
practicedentalhygiene, andtwomembersnotlicensedtopracticedentistryordentalhygiene
and who shall represent the general public. The two dental hygienist board members and one
dentist board member shall constitute a dental hygiene committee of the board as provided
in section 153.33A.
d. For pharmacy, four members licensed to practice pharmacy, one member registered as
a certified pharmacy technician as defined by the board by rule, and one member who is not
licensed to practice pharmacy or registered as a certified pharmacy technician and who shall
represent the general public.
e. For optometry, four members licensed to practice optometry and one member who is
not licensed to practice optometry and who shall represent the general public.
f. (1) For behavioral health professionals, two members who are licensed to practice
psychology, two members who are licensed to practice social work as a master social worker
or independent social worker, one member licensed to practice marital and family therapy,
one member licensed to practice mental health counseling, one member licensed as a
behavior analyst, and one member not licensed to practice psychology, social work, marital
and family therapy, or mental health counseling, or as a behavior analyst, and who shall
represent the general public.
(2) The board of behavioral health professionals shall establish an advisory committee
of psychology, an advisory committee of social workers, and an advisory committee of
mental health counselors, marital and family therapists, and behavior analysts to provide
recommendations to the board on license reviews and implementation of state laws and
administrative rules. Each advisory committee shall be comprised of at least five individuals
licensed in the profession or professions about which the advisory committee provides
recommendations.
g. For chiropractic, five members licensed to practice chiropractic and two members who
are not licensed to practice chiropractic and who shall represent the general public.
h. For speech pathology and audiology, five members licensed to practice speech
pathology or audiology at least two of whom shall be licensed to practice speech pathology
and at least two of whom shall be licensed to practice audiology, and two members who are
not licensed to practice speech pathology or audiology and who shall represent the general
public.
i. For physical therapy and occupational therapy, three members licensed to practice
physical therapy, two members licensed to practice occupational therapy, and two members
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who are not licensed to practice physical therapy or occupational therapy and who shall
represent the general public.
j. For dietetics, one licensed dietitian representing the approved or accredited dietetic
education programs, one licensed dietitian representing clinical dietetics, one licensed
dietitian representing community nutrition services, and two members who are not licensed
dietitians and who shall represent the general public.
k. For the board of physician assistants, five members licensed to practice as physician
assistants, at least two of whom practice in counties with a population of less than fifty
thousand, one member licensed to practice medicine and surgery who supervises a physician
assistant engaged in independent practice or collaborates with a physician assistant, one
member licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery who supervises a physician
assistant engaged in independent practice or collaborates with a physician assistant, and
two members who are not licensed to practice either medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery or licensed as a physician assistant and who shall represent the
general public. At least one of the physician or osteopathic physician members shall be in
practice in a county with a population of less than fifty thousand.
l. For respiratory care and polysomnography, one licensed physician with training in
respiratory care, two respiratory care practitioners who have practiced respiratory care for
a minimum of six years immediately preceding their appointment to the board and who
are recommended by the society for respiratory care, one polysomnographic technologist
who has practiced polysomnography for a minimum of six years immediately preceding
appointment to the board and who is recommended by the Iowa sleep society, and one
member not licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, polysomnography, or
respiratory care who shall represent the general public.
m. For mortuary science, three members licensed to practice mortuary science, one
member owning, operating, or employed by a crematory, and one member not licensed
to practice mortuary science and not a crematory owner, operator, or employee who shall
represent the general public.
n. For massage therapists, four members licensed to practice massage therapy and three
members who are not licensed to practice massage therapy and who shall represent the
general public.
o. For athletic trainers, three members licensed to practice athletic training, three
members licensed to practice medicine and surgery, and one member not licensed to practice
athletic training or medicine and surgery and who shall represent the general public.
p. For podiatry, five members licensed to practice podiatry, two members licensed to
practice orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics, and two members who are not so licensed and
who shall represent the general public.
q. For sign language interpreting and transliterating, three members licensed to
practice interpreting and transliterating, two of whom shall be practicing interpreters
and transliterators at the time of appointment to the board and at least one of whom is
employed in an educational setting; and two members who are consumers of interpreting
or transliterating services as defined in section 154E.1, each of whom shall be deaf or hard
of hearing.
r. For nursing home administrators, a total of nine members, four who are licensed
nursing home administrators, one of whom is the administrator of a nonproprietary nursing
home; three licensed members of any profession concerned with the care and treatment of
chronically ill or elderly patients who are not nursing home administrators or nursing home
owners; and two members of the general public who are not licensed under chapter 155,
have no financial interest in any nursing home, and who shall represent the general public.
s. For barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, three members who are licensed
barbers or cosmetologists; one member who is a licensed instructor of barbering and
cosmetology arts and sciences; one member who is a licensed electrologist, esthetician, or
nail technologist; one member who owns a school of barbering and cosmetology arts and
sciences; and one member who is not licensed in the practice of barbering and cosmetology
arts and sciences and who shall represent the general public.
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2. A majority of the members of a board constitutes a quorum.

Legislative History

[C97, §2564, 2576, 2584; S13, §2564, 2575-a29, -a30, -a37, -a38, 2576, 2583-a, -h, -i, 2600-b, -c; SS15, §2584; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2451, 2452, 2475; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §147.14, 147.15, 147.38; C71, 73, §147.14, 147.15, 147.38, 153.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, §147.14]