Section 135.1. Definitions.

  For the purposes of chapter 155 and Title IV, subtitle 2, excluding chapter 146, unless otherwise defined:

  1.  “Director” shall mean the director of public health.

  2.  “Health officer” shall mean the physician who is the health officer of the local board of health.

  3.  “Local board” shall mean the local board of health.

  4.  “Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, chiropractic, podiatry, or optometry under the laws of this state; but a person licensed as a physician and surgeon shall be designated as a “physician” or “surgeon”, a person licensed as an osteopathic physician and surgeon shall be designated as an “osteopathic physician” or “osteopathic surgeon”, a person licensed as a chiropractor shall be designated as a “chiropractor”, a person licensed as a podiatrist shall be designated as a “podiatric physician”, and a person licensed as an optometrist shall be designated as an “optometrist”. A definition or designation contained in this subsection shall not be interpreted to expand the scope of practice of such licensees.

  5.  “Rules” shall include regulations and orders.

  6.  “State department” or “department” shall mean the Iowa department of public health.

[S13, §2583-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2181; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.1]

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1101

; 88 Acts, ch 1199, §1

; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §10

; 95 Acts, ch 108, §2

; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §1

; 96 Acts, ch 1212, §15

; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §14

; 2008 Acts, ch 1084, §10

; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141

; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §30

; 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §16