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House
File
409
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
409
BY
SRINIVAS
and
A.
MEYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
licensing
of,
and
granting
of
clinical
1
privileges
to,
certain
health
care
professionals.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135B.7,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
The
department
shall
also
adopt
3
rules
prohibiting
hospitals
and
rural
emergency
hospitals
4
from
including
on
an
application
for
clinical
privileges
a
5
question
regarding
whether
the
applicant
has
a
past
history
or
6
diagnosis
of
mental
illness,
substance
use
disorders,
or
other
7
physical
or
behavioral
health
conditions.
The
rules
shall
8
allow
hospitals
and
rural
emergency
hospitals
to
include
on
9
an
application
for
clinical
privileges
a
question
regarding
10
whether
the
applicant
currently
has
any
condition
that
is
not
11
being
appropriately
treated
which
impairs
or
adversely
affects
12
the
applicant’s
ability
to
practice
with
reasonable
skill
and
13
safety
in
a
competent,
ethical,
and
professional
manner.
14
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
147.4A
Applications
——
current
15
impairment.
16
A
board
shall
not
include
on
an
application
for
licensure
17
or
renewal
of
a
license
a
question
regarding
whether
the
18
applicant
has
a
past
history
or
diagnosis
of
mental
illness,
19
substance
use
disorders,
or
other
physical
or
behavioral
20
health
conditions.
A
board
may
include
on
an
application
for
21
licensure
or
renewal
of
a
license
a
question
regarding
whether
22
the
applicant
currently
has
any
condition
that
is
not
being
23
appropriately
treated
which
impairs
or
adversely
affects
the
24
applicant’s
ability
to
practice
with
reasonable
skill
and
25
safety
in
a
competent,
ethical,
and
professional
manner.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
applications
for
clinical
privileges
30
to
practice
at
a
hospital
and
for
licenses
for
health-related
31
professions.
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
inspections,
32
appeals,
and
licensing
to
adopt
rules
prohibiting
a
hospital
33
or
rural
emergency
hospital
from
including
on
an
application
34
for
clinical
privileges
a
question
regarding
whether
the
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applicant
has
a
past
history
or
diagnosis
of
mental
illness,
1
substance
use
disorders,
or
other
physical
or
behavioral
2
health
conditions.
The
rules
shall
allow
a
hospital
or
rural
3
emergency
hospital
to
include
a
question
regarding
whether
4
the
applicant
currently
has
any
condition
that
is
not
being
5
appropriately
treated
which
impairs
or
adversely
affects
the
6
applicant’s
ability
to
practice
with
reasonable
skill
and
7
safety
in
a
competent,
ethical,
and
professional
manner.
8
The
bill
similarly
prohibits
licensing
boards
for
9
health-related
professions
from
asking
about
an
applicant’s
10
past
history
or
diagnosis
of
mental
illness,
substance
use
11
disorders,
or
other
physical
or
behavioral
health
conditions.
12
The
bill
allows
licensing
boards
for
health-related
professions
13
to
ask
whether
the
applicant
currently
has
any
condition
that
14
is
not
being
appropriately
treated
which
impairs
or
adversely
15
affects
the
applicant’s
ability
to
practice.
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