HF 606 (LSB 2395HV (3) 88)

RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR  CERTAIN PROFESSIONS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 154C.3, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  License renewal and continuing education.  Licenses shall be renewed biennially, and licensees shall pay a fee for renewal as determined by the board and shall present evidence satisfactory to the board that the licensee has satisfied continuing education requirements as determined by the board.  The board shall not limit the number of continuing education credits that may be obtained online in satisfying continuing education requirements, provided that any program providing continuing education credits online shall comply with standards set by the board.
    Sec. 2.  Section 154D.3, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Educational activities which fulfill continuing education requirements for license renewals.  The board shall not limit the number of continuing education credits that may be obtained online by marital and family therapists or mental health

counselors in fulfilling continuing education requirements, provided that any program providing continuing education credits online shall comply with standards set by the board.

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 606, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor