650—25.7 (153) Extensions and exemptions.
	 25.7(1) Illness or disability. The board may, in individual cases involving physical disability or illness, grant an exemption of the minimum education requirements or an extension of time within which to fulfill the same or make the required reports. No exemption or extension of time shall be granted unless written application is made on forms provided by the board and signed by the licensee or registrant and a physician licensed by the board of medical examiners. Extensions or exemptions of the minimum educational requirements may be granted by the board for any period of time not to exceed one calendar year. In the event that the physical disability or illness upon which an exemption has been granted continues beyond the period granted, the licensee or registrant must reapply for an extension of the exemption. The board may, as a condition of the exemption, require the applicant to make up a certain portion or all of the minimum educational requirements.
	 25.7(2) Other extensions or exemptions. Extensions or exemptions of continuing education requirements will be considered by the board on an individual basis. Licensees or registrants will be exempt from the continuing education requirements for:
	  a.   	 Periods that the person serves honorably on active duty in the military services;
	  b.   	 Periods that the person practices the person’s profession in another state or district having a continuing education requirement and the licensee or registrant meets all requirements of that state or district for practice therein;
	  c.   	 Periods that the person is a government employee working in the person’s licensed or registered specialty and assigned to duty outside the United States;
	  d.   	 Other periods of active practice and absence from the state approved by the board;
	  e.   	 The current biennium renewal period, or portion thereof, following original issuance of the license.
	  f.   	 For dental assistants registered pursuant to 650—20.6(153), the current biennium renewal period, or portion thereof, following original issuance of the registration.