1.1Senator Maye Quade moved to amend
S.F. No. 3298 as follows:
1.2Page 94, after line 2, insert:
1.4HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS; PRACTICING WITHOUT A LICENSE
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1.
Unlawful practice of medicine. It is unlawful for any person who is not
1.7a natural person to practice medicine as defined in subdivision 3. It is unlawful for any
1.8natural person to practice medicine as defined in subdivision 3 in this state unless:
1.9(1) the person holds a valid license issued according to this chapter; or
1.10(2) the person is registered to provide interstate telehealth services according to
section
1.11147.032.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.61, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 5.
Gross misdemeanor. It is unlawful for any person who is not a natural person
1.14to practice optometry in this state. Every
natural person not licensed by the board pursuant
1.15to section
148.57 who practices optometry in this state shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 148.941, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.17 Subd. 6.
Violation. It is unlawful for any person who is not a natural person to engage
1.18in the practice of psychology or misrepresent themselves as a psychologist or psychological
1.19practitioner. Natural persons who engage in the unlicensed practice of psychology or who
1.20misrepresent themselves as psychologists or psychological practitioners are guilty
of a gross
1.21misdemeanor."
1.22Renumber the articles in sequence
1.23Amend the title accordingly
1.24The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.