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House passes interstate compact to ease licensed dietitians' mobility
Summary
House File 532 would adopt a dietitian licensure compact allowing qualified licensees to obtain privileges to practice in participating states; it requires seven states to enact model language to take effect.
The Iowa House approved House File 532, which would enact an interstate compact to allow licensed dietitians to obtain a compact privilege to practice across participating states.
The floor sponsor, the representative from Dubuque, described the compact as allowing qualified licensed dietitians to apply for and be approved for a compact privilege to practice in remote participating states. The sponsor said the compact requires enactment by seven states to take effect; the transcript states there were four states that had enacted the legislation and an additional 12 states with bills pending. The sponsor also noted the measure had passed the House unanimously in a prior year and moved out of committee unanimously this session.
Representative Srinivas spoke in favor on the floor, saying the bill would help recruit more health-care workers to the state. The clerk recorded the roll call. Those voting aye numbered 95; those voting no numbered 0; 5 members were absent or not voting. The House declared the bill to have received a constitutional majority and passed.
The bill's text and compact model language were not read in full on the floor during the excerpt; the sponsor summarized the compact's effect and the state-enactment threshold required for the compact to become operational.
