147A.6  Emergency medical care provider certificates — fees and renewal.
  1.  The department, upon initial application and receipt of the prescribed initial application fee, shall issue a certificate to an individual who has met all of the requirements for emergency medical care provider certification established by the rules adopted under section 147A.4, subsection 2. All fees received pursuant to this section shall be retained by the department. The moneys retained by the department shall be used for any of the department’s duties under this chapter, including but not limited to the addition of full-time equivalent positions for program services and investigations. Revenues retained by the department pursuant to this section shall be considered appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained by the department pursuant to this section are not subject to reversion to the general fund of the state.
  2.  The department, upon renewal application and receipt of the prescribed renewal application fee, shall issue a certificate to an individual who has met all of the requirements for emergency medical care provider certification established by the rules adopted under section 147A.4, subsection 2. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical services fund established in section 135.25.
  3.  Emergency medical care provider certificates are valid for the multiyear period determined by the department, unless sooner suspended or revoked. The certificate shall be renewed upon application of the holder and receipt of the prescribed fee if the holder has satisfactorily completed continuing medical education programs as required by rule.
[C79, 81, §147A.6; 82 Acts, ch 1005, §3]
84 Acts, ch 1287, §6; 89 Acts, ch 89, §9; 93 Acts, ch 58, §7; 95 Acts, ch 41, §14; 97 Acts, ch 6, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 90, §5; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §143
Referred to in §232.68