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State v. Miller No. 94-1576

Supreme Court of Iowa, Dec. 20, 1995.

Cite as 542 North Western Reporter, 2d series.

Defendant [Miller] was convicted of seven counts of practicing medicine without a license. Six of those counts
were Class D felony with a sentence not to exceed five years incarceration.

Supreme Court held that "Vitamins and nutrients were "medicine," for purposes of practicing medicine
without a license."

State v. Robinson No. 46687

Supreme Court of Iowa, June 19, 1945.

Cite as 19 North Western Reporter, 2d series.

Defendant [Robinson], who was a former blacksmith, had circulated a few cards suggesting people should
be healed by the power of thought and attempted to heal people in his home by using same treatment of
laying on of hands and light rubbing with fingertips for all ailments; evidence justified injunction on ground
that defendant was "practicing medicine" without a license.

Iowa Supreme Court Decisions
regarding alternative health