House Study Bill 625 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VANDER LINDEN) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the licensure of funeral directors licensed 1 in other states. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6025YC (1) 86 tr/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 156.4, Code 2016, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. Notwithstanding any provision to 3 the contrary, an applicant who has been licensed to practice 4 mortuary science in another state for at least five years 5 and who is in good standing with the regulatory body of that 6 state shall qualify for a license to practice mortuary science 7 in this state. Such an applicant shall have four years from 8 the date the applicant receives a license from the board to 9 complete sixty hours of continuing education in accordance with 10 the continuing education requirements prescribed by the board 11 by rule. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill requires the board of mortuary science to grant a 16 license to a person who has been licensed to practice mortuary 17 science in another state for at least five years and who is 18 in good standing with the regulatory body of that state. The 19 bill requires such persons to complete 60 hours of continuing 20 education in accordance with the continuing education 21 requirements prescribed by the board by rule within four years 22 of receiving a license from the board. 23 -1- LSB 6025YC (1) 86 tr/nh 1/ 1