HOUSE FILE 30

BY  WINDSCHITL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to licensing board rules concerning the scope of practice of licensed professions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 147.36, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   147.36  Rules.

   1.  Each board may establish rules for any of the following:
   1.  a.  The qualifications required for applicants seeking to take examinations.
   2.  b.  The denial of applicants seeking to take examinations.
   3.  c.  The conducting of examinations.
   4.  d.  The grading of examinations and passing upon the technical qualifications of applicants, as shown by such examinations.
   5.  e.  The minimum scores required for passing standardized examinations.
   2.  A board shall not adopt rules affecting the scope of practice of a profession licensed by another board without the approval of that board.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that no licensing board can adopt rules affecting the scope of practice of another licensed profession without the approval of the other licensing board.