SF 434 (LSB 2060SV (1) 86)

SENATE FILE 434

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1235)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to continuing education requirements for licensed barbers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  158.11  Continuing education.
   1.  A person licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be required to complete no more than three hours of continuing education every two years that meets the requirements established by the board. The continuing education compliance period shall extend for a two-year period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of each even-numbered year.
   2.  A member of the board shall not provide the continuing education required by this section.
    Sec. 2.  Section 272C.2A, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   272C.2A  Continuing education minimum requirements —— barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences.

   The board of barbering and the board of cosmetology arts and sciences, created pursuant to chapter 147, shall each require, as a condition of license renewal, a minimum of six hours of continuing education in the two years immediately prior to a licensee’s license renewal. The board of cosmetology arts and sciences may notify cosmetology arts and sciences licensees on a quarterly basis regarding continuing education opportunities.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Currently, the board of barbering requires by rule that licensed barbers complete eight hours of continuing education every two years. Code section 272C.2A also requires a minimum of six hours of continuing education every two years. This bill requires barbers to be required to complete no more than three hours of continuing education every two years. The bill also prohibits members of the board of barbering from providing such continuing education.