154D.3  Board organization and authority.

1.  In addition to duties and responsibilities provided in chapters 147 and 272C, the board shall adopt rules relating to:

a.  Standards required for licensees engaging in the professions covered by this chapter.

b.  Standards for professional conduct of persons licensed under this chapter.

c.  The administration of this chapter.

d.  The status of active and inactive licensure, and guidelines for reentry of inactive licensees.

e.  Educational activities which fulfill continuing education requirements for license renewals.

2.  A separate subcommittee is established within the board for each of the professions under the board's jurisdiction. The chairperson of the board shall appoint to the subcommittee for each profession those members of the board who represent that profession. The chairperson shall appoint two of the public members of the board to serve on a subcommittee. Each subcommittee shall, by majority vote, rule on all license applications within the subcommittee's assigned profession, approve and administer the grading of the examination given to applicants for licenses to practice that profession, and otherwise coordinate the board's administration of all matters pertinent to regulation of the practice of the profession.

3.  A decision or recommendation of a subcommittee shall not become effective without approval of the board. The board may initiate action relating to either of the professions within its jurisdiction.

4.  Members attending meetings of the board's subcommittees shall be reimbursed on the same basis as members attending board meetings up to a maximum of six subcommittee meetings per calendar year.

Section History: Recent form

  91 Acts, ch 229, §8; 98 Acts, ch 1050, §2, 5


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