147.56 Lyme disease treatment — exemption from discipline.
A person licensed by a board under this subtitle shall not be subject to discipline under this chapter or the board’s enabling statute based solely on the licensee’s recommendation or provision of a treatment method for Lyme disease or other tick-borne disease if the recommendation or provision of such treatment meets all the following criteria:
1. The treatment is provided after an examination is performed and informed consent is received from the patient.
2. The licensee identifies a medical reason for recommending or providing the treatment.
3. The treatment is provided after the licensee informs the patient about other recognized treatment options and describes to the patient the licensee’s education, experience, and credentials regarding the treatment of Lyme disease or other tick-borne disease.
4. The licensee uses the licensee’s own medical judgment based on a thorough review of all available clinical information and Lyme disease or other tick-borne disease literature to determine the best course of treatment for the individual patient.
5. The treatment will not, in the opinion of the licensee, result in the direct and proximate death of or serious bodily injury to the patient.
2017 Acts, ch 16, §1, 2
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS
Section 147.2 - License required.
Section 147.3 - Qualifications.
Section 147.4 - Grounds for refusing.
Section 147.5 - Certificate of license.
Section 147.6 - Certificate presumptive evidence.
Section 147.7 - Display of license.
Section 147.8 - Record of licenses.
Section 147.9 - Change of address.
Section 147.11 - Reactivation and reinstatement.
Section 147.12 - Health profession boards.
Section 147.13 - Designation of boards.
Section 147.14 - Composition of boards — quorum.
Section 147.16 - Board members.
Section 147.18 - Disqualifications.
Section 147.19 - Terms of office.
Section 147.20 - Nomination of board members.
Section 147.21 - Examination information.
Section 147.24 - Compensation.
Section 147.25 - System of health personnel statistics — fee.
Section 147.26 - Supplies and examination quarters.
Section 147.28 - National organization.
Section 147.28A - Scope of practice review committees — future repeal.
Section 147.29 - Applications.
Section 147.30 - Time and place of examinations.
Section 147.33 - Professional schools.
Section 147.34 - Examinations.
Section 147.35 - Names of eligible candidates.
Section 147.37 - Identity of candidate concealed.
Section 147.43 - Preservation of records.
Section 147.44 - Reciprocal agreements.
Section 147.48 - Termination of reciprocal agreements.
Section 147.49 - License of another state.
Section 147.50 - Practical examinations.
Section 147.53 - Power to adopt rules.
Section 147.54 - Change of residence.
Section 147.56 - Lyme disease treatment — exemption from discipline.
Section 147.72 - Professional titles and abbreviations.
Section 147.73 - Titles used by holder of degree.
Section 147.74 - Professional titles or abbreviations — false use prohibited.
Section 147.80 - Establishment of fees — administrative costs.
Section 147.82 - Fee retention.
Section 147.88 - Inspections and investigations.
Section 147.89 - Report of violators.
Section 147.90 - Rules and forms.
Section 147.91 - Publications.
Section 147.92 - Attorney general.
Section 147.93 - Prima facie evidence.
Section 147.102 - Psychologists, chiropractors, and dentists.
Section 147.103 - Investigators for physician assistants.
Section 147.103A - Physicians and surgeons, osteopaths, and osteopathic physicians and surgeons.
Section 147.106 - Anatomic pathology services — billing.
Section 147.107 - Drug dispensing, supplying, and prescribing — limitations.
Section 147.108 - Contact lens prescribing and dispensing.
Section 147.109 - Ophthalmic spectacle lens prescribing and dispensing.
Section 147.111 - Report of treatment of wounds and other injuries.
Section 147.112 - Investigation and report by law enforcement agency.
Section 147.113A - Report of burn injuries.
Section 147.136 - Scope of recovery.
Section 147.136A - Noneconomic damage awards against health care providers.
Section 147.137 - Consent in writing.
Section 147.138 - Contingent fee of attorney reviewed by court.
Section 147.139 - Expert witness standards.
Section 147.140 - Expert witness — certificate of merit affidavit.