Senate
File
424
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Enrolled
Senate
File
424
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
LICENSURE
OF
PERSONS
COMPLETING
AN
APPRENTICESHIP,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
272C.16
Apprenticeships
——
licensure.
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
except
as
provided
in
chapters
100C,
100D,
103,
and
105,
beginning
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
a
board
shall
grant
a
license
to
a
person
who
completes
an
apprenticeship
program
in
the
relevant
occupation
or
profession
and
submits
an
application
pursuant
to
this
section.
2.
A
board
may
require
an
applicant
to
pass
an
examination
prior
to
licensure
if
the
board
requires
an
applicant
who
has
completed
an
educational
program
to
pass
an
examination
prior
to
licensure.
A
board
shall
not
require
an
applicant
to
receive
a
higher
score
on
the
examination
than
the
score
required
of
an
applicant
who
completes
an
educational
program.
3.
A
board
may
require
an
applicant
to
pay
a
licensing
fee
if
the
board
requires
an
applicant
who
has
completed
an
educational
program
to
pay
a
licensing
fee.
A
board
shall
not
impose
a
licensing
fee
greater
than
the
licensing
fee
imposed
on
an
applicant
who
completes
an
educational
program.
4.
A
board
shall
not
require
an
applicant
to
complete
an
apprenticeship
program
of
a
greater
duration
than
is
required
by
federal
law
for
that
program.
Senate
File
424,
p.
2
5.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“apprenticeship
program”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
15B.2.
6.
a.
A
board
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
this
section
upon
receipt
of
a
petition
for
rulemaking
submitted
pursuant
to
section
17A.7.
b.
A
board
shall
not
grant
a
license
pursuant
to
this
section
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
rules
adopted
by
the
board
to
implement
this
section.
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
January
1,
2022.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
424,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor