House File 75 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  LUKAN


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the practitioner license renewal requirements
  2    adopted by the board of educational examiners.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1785YH 83
  5 kh/nh/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  License practitioners, which includes the authority to
  1  4 establish criteria for the licenses; establish issuance and
  1  5 renewal requirements; create application and renewal forms;
  1  6 create licenses that authorize different instructional
  1  7 functions or specialties; develop a code of professional
  1  8 rights and responsibilities, practices, and ethics, which
  1  9 shall, among other things, address the failure of a
  1 10 practitioner to fulfill contractual obligations under section
  1 11 279.13; and develop any other classifications, distinctions,
  1 12 and procedures which may be necessary to exercise licensing
  1 13 duties.  In addressing the failure of a practitioner to
  1 14 fulfill contractual obligations, the board shall consider
  1 15 factors beyond the practitioner's control.  Licensure renewal
  1 16 requirements adopted by the board pursuant to this paragraph
  1 17 shall provide that the successful completion of continuing
  1 18 education coursework or activities offered by institutions
  1 19 which include but are not limited to the following, count
  1 20 toward renewal of a practitioner's license:
  1 21    (1)  National endowment for the humanities.
  1 22    (2)  National constitution center.
  1 23    (3)  Annenberg foundation.
  1 24    (4)  National science foundation.
  1 25    (5)  Institutions offering recertification credits that are
  1 26 recognized and accepted by other state educational
  1 27 practitioner licensing boards.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill directs the board of educational examiners to
  1 30 adopt rules providing that the successful completion of
  1 31 continuing education coursework or activities offered by
  1 32 various institutions will count toward renewal of a
  1 33 practitioner's license.
  1 34    The institutions include but are not limited to the
  1 35 national endowment for the humanities, the national
  2  1 constitution center, the Annenberg foundation, the national
  2  2 science foundation, and institutions offering recertification
  2  3 credits that are recognized and accepted by other state
  2  4 educational practitioner licensing boards.
  2  5 LSB 1785YH 83
  2  6 kh/nh/24