1. Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of law, a professional limited liability company may practice a profession, but may do so in this state only through a member, manager, employee, or agent, who is licensed to practice the same profession in this state. In its practice of a profession, a professional limited liability company shall not do any act which could not lawfully be done by an individual licensed to practice the profession which the professional limited liability company is authorized to practice.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.1105

  • Licensed: includes registered, certified, admitted to practice, or otherwise legally authorized under the laws of this state. See Iowa Code 489.1101
  • Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Member: means a person for whom all of the following are true:
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Profession: means the following professions:
  • Professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company subject to this subchapter, except a foreign professional limited liability company. See Iowa Code 489.1101
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
 2. a. This section shall not prohibit persons practicing medicine and surgery, persons practicing osteopathic medicine and surgery, or persons practicing as physician assistants from practicing their respective professions in lawful combination pursuant to section 489.1102.

 b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the scope of practice of a physician assistant.
 c. For purposes of this section, marital and family therapy, mental health counseling, psychology, and social work shall be deemed to be professions which could lawfully be practiced in combination by licensed individuals or a partnership of licensed individuals.