House File 2345
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 618)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to programs under the authority of the department
2 of public health.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 135.11, Code Supplement 2003, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 29. Administer annual grants to county
1 4 boards of health for the purpose of conducting programs for
1 5 the testing of private water supply wells, the closing of
1 6 abandoned private water supply wells, and the renovation or
1 7 rehabilitation of private water supply wells. Grants shall be
1 8 funded through moneys transferred to the department from the
1 9 agriculture management account of the groundwater protection
1 10 fund pursuant to section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph "b",
1 11 subparagraph (3), subparagraph subdivision (b). The
1 12 department shall adopt rules relating to the awarding of the
1 13 grants.
1 14 Sec. 2. Section 135.105A, Code 2003, is amended to read as
1 15 follows:
1 16 135.105A LEAD INSPECTOR AND LEAD ABATER TRAINING AND
1 17 CERTIFICATION ESTABLISHED == CIVIL PENALTY.
1 18 1. The department shall establish a program for the
1 19 training and certification of lead inspectors and lead
1 20 abaters. The department shall maintain a listing, available
1 21 to the public and to city and county health departments, of
1 22 lead inspector and lead abater training programs that have
1 23 been approved by the department, and of lead inspectors and
1 24 lead abaters who have successfully completed the training
1 25 program and have been certified by the department. A person
1 26 may be certified as both a lead inspector and a lead abater.
1 27 However, a person who is certified as both a lead inspector
1 28 and a lead abater shall not provide both inspection and
1 29 abatement services at the same site unless a written consent
1 30 or waiver, following full disclosure by the person, is
1 31 obtained from the owner or manager of the site.
1 32 2. The department shall also establish a program for the
1 33 training of painting, demolition, and remodeling contractors
1 34 and those who provide mitigation control services conduct
1 35 interim controls of lead=based paint hazards. The training
2 1 shall be completed on a voluntary basis.
2 2 3. A person who owns real property which includes a
2 3 residential dwelling and who performs lead inspection or lead
2 4 abatement of the residential dwelling is not required to
2 5 obtain certification to perform these measures, unless the
2 6 residential dwelling is occupied by a person other than the
2 7 owner or a member of the owner's immediate family while the
2 8 measures are being performed. However, the department shall
2 9 encourage property owners who are not required to be certified
2 10 to complete the training course to ensure the use of
2 11 appropriate and safe mitigation inspection and abatement
2 12 procedures.
2 13 4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
2 14 shall not perform lead abatement or lead inspections unless
2 15 the person has completed a training program approved by the
2 16 department and has obtained certification. All lead abatement
2 17 and lead inspections, and lead inspector and lead abater
2 18 training programs, shall be performed and conducted in
2 19 accordance with work practice standards established by the
2 20 department. A person shall not conduct a training program for
2 21 lead inspectors or lead abaters unless the program has been
2 22 submitted to and approved by the department. A person who
2 23 violates this section is subject to a civil penalty not to
2 24 exceed five thousand dollars for each offense.
2 25 5. The department shall adopt rules regarding minimum
2 26 requirements for training programs, certification, work
2 27 practice standards, and suspension and revocation
2 28 requirements, and shall implement the training and
2 29 certification programs. The department shall seek federal
2 30 funding and shall establish fees in amounts sufficient to
2 31 defray the cost of the programs. Fees received shall be
2 32 considered repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2.
2 33 Sec. 3. Section 136C.10, Code 2003, is amended by adding
2 34 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 35 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The department may establish and
3 1 collect a fee related to transporting radioactive material if
3 2 the fee is used for a purpose related to transporting
3 3 radioactive material, including enforcement and planning,
3 4 developing, and maintaining a capability for emergency
3 5 response. The fees shall be established by rules adopted
3 6 pursuant to chapter 17A, and shall be deposited into a special
3 7 fund within the state treasury under the exclusive authority
3 8 of the department. Amounts deposited in the special fund
3 9 shall be considered repayment receipts as defined in section
3 10 8.2, and shall not be transferred, used, obligated,
3 11 appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in
3 12 this section. Repayment receipts collected and deposited
3 13 pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or
3 14 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
3 15 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
3 16 designated in future fiscal years.
3 17 Sec. 4. Section 147.153, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
3 18 amended to read as follows:
3 19 2. For a license as an audiologist:
3 20 a. Possess a master's degree or its equivalent from an
3 21 accredited school, college or university with a major in
3 22 audiology.
3 23 b. Show evidence of completion of not less than three
3 24 hundred hours of supervised clinical training in audiology as
3 25 a student in an accredited school, college or university.
3 26 c. Show evidence of completion of not less than nine
3 27 months clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed
3 28 audiologist following the receipt of the master's degree.
3 29 d. In lieu of paragraphs "a" through "c", hold a doctoral
3 30 degree in audiology, or its equivalent, from an accredited
3 31 school, college, or university which incorporates the academic
3 32 coursework and the minimum hours of supervised training
3 33 required by rules adopted by the board.
3 34 Sec. 5. Section 148.10, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and 3,
3 35 Code 2003, are amended by striking the unnumbered paragraphs
4 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
4 2 The temporary certificate shall be issued for a period not
4 3 to exceed one year and may be renewed, but a person shall not
4 4 practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
4 5 surgery in excess of three years while holding a temporary
4 6 certificate. The fee for this license and the fee for renewal
4 7 of this license shall be set by the medical examiners. The
4 8 fees shall be based on the administrative costs of issuing and
4 9 renewing the licenses.
4 10 Sec. 6. Section 148B.5, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
4 11 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
4 12 thereof the following:
4 13 3. Pass an examination, either in electronic or written
4 14 form, satisfactory to the board and in accordance with rules.
4 15 Sec. 7. Section 153.19, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
4 16 amended to read as follows:
4 17 2. A temporary permit shall be issued for a period
4 18 determined by the board and may be renewed at the discretion
4 19 of the board. The fee for a temporary permit and the fee for
4 20 renewal shall be set by the board. The fees shall be based on
4 21 the administrative costs of issuing and renewing the permits.
4 22 The board may revoke a temporary permit at any time, without a
4 23 hearing, for reasons deemed sufficient by the board.
4 24 Sec. 8. Section 153.19, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
4 25 amended by striking the subsection.
4 26 Sec. 9. Section 155A.3, Code 2003, is amended by adding
4 27 the following new subsection:
4 28 NEW SUBSECTION. 15A. "Electronic signature" means a
4 29 confidential personalized digital key, code, or number used
4 30 for secure electronic transmissions which identifies and
4 31 authenticates the signatory.
4 32 Sec. 10. Section 155A.37, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
4 33 amended to read as follows:
4 34 4. The board shall establish a procedure for receiving and
4 35 investigating complaints of violations of this code. The
5 1 board shall investigate all complaints of violations. The
5 2 results of an investigation shall be forwarded to the
5 3 complainant.
5 4 Sec. 11. Section 455B.172, subsection 5, Code 2003, is
5 5 amended to read as follows:
5 6 5. The department shall maintain jurisdiction over and
5 7 regulate the direct discharge to a water of the state. The
5 8 department shall retain concurrent authority to enforce state
5 9 standards for private water supply and private sewage disposal
5 10 facilities within a county, and exercise departmental
5 11 authority if the county board of health fails to fulfill board
5 12 responsibilities pursuant to this section.
5 13 The department shall by rule adopt standards for the
5 14 commercial cleaning of private sewage disposal facilities,
5 15 including but not limited to septic tanks and pits used to
5 16 collect waste in livestock confinement structures, and for the
5 17 disposal of waste from the facilities. The standards shall
5 18 not be in conflict with the state building code. A person
5 19 shall not commercially clean such facilities or dispose of
5 20 waste from such facilities unless the person has been issued a
5 21 license by the department. The department shall be
5 22 exclusively responsible for adopting the standards and issuing
5 23 licenses. However, county boards of health shall enforce the
5 24 standards and licensing requirements established by the
5 25 department. Application for the license shall be made in the
5 26 manner provided by the department. Licenses expire one year
5 27 from the date of issue unless revoked and may be renewed in
5 28 the manner provided by the department. The license or license
5 29 renewal fee is twenty=five dollars. A person violating this
5 30 section or the rules adopted pursuant to this section, is
5 31 subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty=five
5 32 dollars. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a
5 33 separate offense. However, the total civil penalty shall not
5 34 exceed five hundred dollars per year. The penalty shall be
5 35 assessed for a violation occurring ten days following written
6 1 notice of the violation delivered to the person by the
6 2 department or a county board of health. Moneys collected by
6 3 the department or a county board of health from the imposition
6 4 of civil penalties shall be deposited in the general fund of
6 5 the state.
6 6 The commission shall make grants to counties for the
6 7 purpose of conducting programs for the testing of private,
6 8 rural water supply wells and for the proper closing of
6 9 abandoned, rural, private water supply wells within the
6 10 jurisdiction of the county. Grants shall be funded through
6 11 allocation of the agriculture management account of the
6 12 groundwater protection fund. Grants awarded, continued, or
6 13 renewed shall be subject to the following conditions:
6 14 a. An application for a grant shall be in a form and shall
6 15 contain information as prescribed by rule of the commission.
6 16 b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
6 17 the department from making grants to one or more counties to
6 18 carry out the purpose of the grant on a joint, multicounty
6 19 basis.
6 20 c. A grant shall be awarded on an annual basis to cover a
6 21 fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 of the following calendar
6 22 year.
6 23 d. The continuation or renewal of a grant shall be
6 24 contingent upon the county's acceptable performance in
6 25 carrying out its responsibilities, as determined by the
6 26 director. The director, subject to approval by the
6 27 commission, may deny the awarding of a grant or withdraw a
6 28 grant awarded if, by determination of the director, the county
6 29 has not carried out the responsibilities for which the grant
6 30 was awarded, or cannot reasonably be expected to carry out the
6 31 responsibilities for which the grant would be awarded.
6 32 Sec. 12. Section 455B.173, subsection 10, Code 2003, is
6 33 amended by striking the subsection.
6 34 EXPLANATION
6 35 This bill provides for various changes in connection with
7 1 programs under the authority of the Iowa department of public
7 2 health.
7 3 The bill provides for the transfer of administration of an
7 4 annual grant program relating to private water supply wells
7 5 from the department of natural resources to the department of
7 6 public health, and makes corresponding changes to the
7 7 applicable Code sections.
7 8 The bill provides that the department shall maintain a
7 9 listing of lead abater and lead inspector training programs,
7 10 and that lead abatements, lead inspections, and lead inspector
7 11 and lead abater training programs shall be performed and
7 12 conducted in accordance with work practice standards
7 13 established by the department. The bill provides that a
7 14 person shall not conduct a training program for lead
7 15 inspectors or lead abaters unless the program has been
7 16 submitted to and approved by the department. The bill
7 17 provides for the adoption of rules regarding minimum
7 18 requirements for training programs, certification, work
7 19 practice standards, and suspension and revocation
7 20 requirements, that the department shall implement the training
7 21 and certification programs, and that the department shall seek
7 22 federal funding and shall establish fees in amounts sufficient
7 23 to defray the cost of the programs.
7 24 The bill provides that the department may establish and
7 25 collect a fee related to transporting radioactive material if
7 26 the fee is used for a purpose related to transporting
7 27 radioactive material, including enforcement and planning,
7 28 developing, and maintaining a capability for emergency
7 29 response.
7 30 The bill provides that an applicant for a license as an
7 31 audiologist may hold, as an alternative to a master's degree
7 32 or its equivalent with a major in audiology, a doctoral degree
7 33 in audiology, or its equivalent, from an accredited
7 34 educational institution which incorporates the academic
7 35 coursework and the minimum hours of supervised training
8 1 required by rules adopted by the board.
8 2 The bill deletes provisions which had permitted the boards
8 3 of medical examiners and dental examiners to cancel a
8 4 temporary certificate to practice or a temporary permit
8 5 without due process. The bill provides that the occupational
8 6 therapy and occupational therapist examination may be taken
8 7 either in electronic or written form without limitation as to
8 8 how frequently the examination may be administered.
8 9 The bill provides a definition of "electronic signature"
8 10 for purposes of electronic transmission of prescription drug
8 11 orders. The bill defines "electronic signature" to mean a
8 12 confidential personalized digital key, code, or number used
8 13 for secure electronic transmissions which identifies and
8 14 authenticates the signatory.
8 15 The bill provides for the deletion of provisions regarding
8 16 the requirement that results of an investigation of a board of
8 17 pharmacy examiners employee for alleged violation of the
8 18 board's code of professional responsibility shall be forwarded
8 19 to the complainant in favor of provisions contained in Code
8 20 section 22.7, subsection 11, dealing with confidentiality or
8 21 release of personnel and investigative information.
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