{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-147.161","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 147.161","heading":"Mental health professionals — limitations on competition prohibited.","body":"1. As used in this section:\na. “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who in this state employs for wages an employee.\nb. “Mental health professional” means the same as defined in section 228.1, and includes all of the following:\n(1) Individuals who are completing their supervisory requirement under a temporary license.\n(2) Licensed master social workers with a current and active supervision plan on file with the board of behavioral health professionals.\n2. An employer shall not enter into an agreement with a licensed mental health professional that limits the location at which the licensee may practice, prohibits the licensee from contacting for professional services a person previously treated by the licensee, or imposes a time restriction on the practice of the licensee.\n3. A provision of an agreement entered into between an employer and a licensed mental health professional prior to, on, or after June 1, 2023, that is contrary to this section shall be void and unenforceable.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/147.161.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"0916e59909bc01c7c65466a831613785740bdae5dbf8421064238d0ff3df8536","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-147.160","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-147.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}