645—280.8(17A,147,272C) License reactivation. To apply for reactivation of an inactive license, a licensee shall:
	280.8(1) Submit a reactivation application.
	280.8(2) Pay the reactivation fee that is due as specified in 645—subrule 5.19(4).
	280.8(3) Provide verification of current competence to practice social work by satisfying one of the following criteria:
	a. 	If the license has been on inactive status for five years or less, an applicant will provide the following:
	(1)	Verification of the license from the jurisdiction in which the applicant has most recently been practicing during the time period the Iowa license was inactive, sent directly from the jurisdiction to the board office. The applicant must also disclose any public or pending complaints against the applicant in any other jurisdiction. Web-based verification may be substituted for verification from a jurisdiction’s board office if the verification includes:
	1.	Licensee’s name;
	2.	Date of initial licensure;
	3.	Current licensure status; and
	4.	Any disciplinary action taken against the license; and
	(2)	Verification of completion of 27 hours of continuing education within two years of application for reactivation or verification of active practice, consisting of a minimum of 2,080 hours, in another state or jurisdiction during the two years preceding an application for reactivation.
	b. 	If the license has been on inactive status for more than five years, an applicant will provide the verifications in both subparagraphs 280.8(3)“b”(1) and (2) below plus the verification in subparagraph 280.8(3)“b”(3) or (4) below.
	(1)	Verification of the license from the jurisdiction in which the applicant has most recently been practicing during the time period the Iowa license was inactive, sent directly from the jurisdiction to the board office. The applicant must also disclose any public or pending complaints against the applicant in any other jurisdiction. Web-based verification may be substituted for verification from a jurisdiction’s board office if the verification includes:
	1.	Licensee’s name;
	2.	Date of initial licensure;
	3.	Current licensure status; and
	4.	Any disciplinary action taken against the license.
	(2)	Verification of completion of 27 hours of continuing education within two years of application for reactivation or verification of active practice, consisting of a minimum of 2,080 hours, in another state or jurisdiction during the two years preceding an application for reactivation.
	(3)	Verification of passing the ASWB examination within the last five years at the appropriate or higher level as follows:
	1.	Bachelor level social worker—the bachelor’s level examination; or
	2.	Master level social worker—the master’s level examination; or
	3.	Independent level social worker—the clinical level examination; or
	(4)	Verification of continued social work practice at the appropriate or higher level in another state for a minimum of two years immediately preceding the application for reactivation.
[ARC 8057C, IAB 6/12/24, effective 7/17/24]