H-8439

   Amend House File 2377, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 3 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 124.550, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  “Prescribing practitioner” means a practitioner who has prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of a prescription for the patient about whom information is requested.  “Prescribing practitioner” does not include a licensed veterinarian.>
   2.  Page 1, line 5, by striking <3.> and inserting <4.>
   3.  Page 1, line 9, by striking <a.> and inserting <a.>
   4.  Page 2, line 3, before <practitioner> by inserting <prescribing>
   5.  Page 2, line 6, before <practitioner> by inserting <prescribing>
   6.  Page 2, line 9, by striking <rule> and inserting <rules adopted by the prescribing practitioner’s licensing board>
   7.  Page 13, line 24, by striking <g.> and inserting <h.>
   8.  Page 16, line 4, by striking <j.> and inserting <k.>
   9.  Page 16, line 22, by striking <and dentistry> and inserting <dentistry, podiatry, and physician assistants>
   10.  Page 16, by striking lines 23 through 32 and inserting: 
   <1.  The board of medicine, board of dentistry, board of physician assistants, board of podiatry, and board of nursing shall establish rules requiring a person licensed pursuant to section 148.3, 148C.3, 149.3, or 152.6 or chapter 153 who has prescribed opioids to a patient during the previous licensure cycle to receive continuing education credits regarding the United States centers for disease control and prevention guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain, including recommendations on limitations on dosages and the length of prescriptions, risk factors for abuse, and nonopioid and nonpharmacologic therapy options, as a condition of license renewal. Each licensing board shall have the authority to determine how often a licensee must receive continuing education credits.
   2.  The rules established pursuant to this section shall include the option for a licensee to attest as part of the license renewal process that the licensee is not subject to the requirement to receive continuing education credits pursuant to this section, due to the fact that the licensee did not prescribe opioids to a patient during the previous licensure cycle.>
   11.  Page 16, before line 33 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  RESCISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
   1.  653 Iowa administrative code, rule 11.4, subrule (1), paragraph “d”, is rescinded.
   2.  As soon as practicable, the Iowa administrative code editor shall remove the language of the Iowa administrative rule referenced in subsection 1 of this section from the Iowa administrative code.>
   12.  By renumbering as necessary.