H-8072

   Amend House File 2398 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 32 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 272.2, subsection 17, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   17.  Adopt rules to require that a background investigation be conducted by the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety on all initial applicants for licensure. The board shall also require all initial applicants to submit a completed fingerprint packet and shall use the packet to facilitate a national criminal history background check. The board shall have access to, and shall review the sex offender registry information under section 692A.121 available to the general public, information in the Iowa court information system available to the general public, the central registry for child abuse information established under chapter 235A, and the dependent adult abuse records maintained under chapter 235B for information regarding applicants for license renewal.  The board may charge a reasonable fee for the review of the sex offender registry information, information in the Iowa court information system, the central registry for child abuse information, and the dependent adult abuse records.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting <An Act relating to matters under the purview of the board of educational examiners, including renewal requirements for licenses issued to practitioners with master’s or doctoral degrees and fees associated with the review of certain specified records.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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GJERDE of Linn