House File 2168 - Enrolled
House File 2168
AN ACT
RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPY, INCLUDING CHILD AND DEPENDENT
ADULT ABUSE REPORTING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS,
AND MAKING PENALTIES APPLICABLE.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 152C.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2 2022, is amended to read as follows:
3 a. (1) Requirements regarding completion of at least twelve
4 hours of continuing education annually regarding subjects
5 concerning massage and related techniques or the health and
6 safety of the public, subject to reduction by the board if,
7 after public notice and hearing, the board determines that the
8 welfare of the public may be adequately protected with fewer
9 hours.
10 (2) The board shall allow a licensed massage therapist
11 to include each hour of completed training required pursuant
12 to sections 232.69 and 235B.16 toward the annual continuing
13 education requirement.
14 Sec. 2. Section 232.69, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
15 2022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
16 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (15) A massage therapist licensed
17 pursuant to chapter 152C.
18 Sec. 3. Section 235B.3, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended
19 by adding the following new paragraph:
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20 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. A massage therapist licensed pursuant to
21 chapter 152C.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2168, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2022 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 152C.3, 232.69, 235B.3
Enrolled: 152C.3, 232.69, 235B.3