HSB 83 (LSB 2135YC (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON LUNDGREN)

A BILL FOR

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

    Section 1.  Section 154C.3, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  License renewal and continuing education.  Licenses shall be renewed biennially, and licensees shall pay a fee for renewal as determined by the board and shall present evidence satisfactory to the board that the licensee has satisfied continuing education requirements as determined by the board.  The board shall not limit the number of continuing education credits that may be obtained online in satisfying continuing education requirements.
    Sec. 2.  Section 154D.3, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Educational activities which fulfill continuing education requirements for license renewals.  The board shall not limit the number of continuing education credits that may be obtained online by marital and family therapists or mental health counselors in fulfilling continuing education requirements.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to continuing education requirements for licensed social workers, marital and family therapists, and mental health counselors. The bill prohibits the board of social work from limiting the number of continuing education credits that social workers may obtain online and the board of behavioral science from limiting the number of continuing education credits that marital and family therapists and mental health counselors may obtain online.