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COMMITTEE
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A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
continuing
education
requirements
for
1
persons
holding
certain
professional
and
occupational
2
licenses.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
272C.2D
Continuing
education
1
requirements
——
extensions.
2
1.
Each
licensing
board
may
extend
the
deadline
for
3
completing
continuing
education
requirements
pursuant
to
4
section
272C.2
by
up
to
ninety
days
if
a
licensing
board
finds
5
that
a
licensee
is
experiencing
an
unforeseen
financial
or
6
medical
hardship
and
the
licensee
submits
all
of
the
following:
7
a.
A
request
that
a
deadline
be
extended
due
to
an
8
unforeseen
financial
or
medical
hardship
experienced
by
the
9
licensee
or
a
member
of
the
licensee’s
family,
including
an
10
explanation
and
evidence
of
the
hardship.
11
b.
Proof
of
enrollment
in
a
program
that
will
satisfy
the
12
licensee’s
continuing
education
requirements
prior
to
the
13
expiration
of
the
extension.
14
2.
A
request
for
an
extension
of
a
continuing
education
15
requirement
deadline
shall
be
submitted
to
a
licensing
board
no
16
later
than
sixty
days
before
the
date
the
continuing
education
17
requirement
must
be
completed.
18
3.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“unforeseen
financial
19
or
medical
hardship”
means
an
unforeseeable
emergency
as
defined
20
in
26
C.F.R.
§1.457-6(c)(2)(i).
21
4.
A
licensing
board
shall
not
adopt
rules
to
interpret
or
22
implement
this
section.
23
5.
This
section
does
not
prohibit
a
licensing
board
from
24
granting
a
waiver
pursuant
to
section
17A.9A.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
continuing
education
requirements
29
for
persons
holding
professional
licenses
pursuant
to
Code
30
chapter
272C
(regulation
of
certain
licensed
professions
and
31
occupations).
The
bill
authorizes
a
licensing
board
to
extend
32
the
deadline
to
satisfy
continuing
education
requirements
by
33
up
to
90
days
if
a
board
finds
that
a
licensee
is
experiencing
34
an
unforeseen
financial
or
medical
hardship
and
the
licensee
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submits
a
request
to
a
licensing
board
to
extend
the
deadline
1
due
to
the
financial
or
medical
hardship
accompanied
by
2
evidence
that
the
licensee
or
a
member
of
the
licensee’s
family
3
is
experiencing
a
financial
or
medical
hardship.
A
request
4
for
a
deadline
extension
must
be
submitted
no
later
than
60
5
days
before
the
date
the
continuing
education
requirement
6
must
be
completed
and
must
include
proof
of
enrollment
in
a
7
program
that
will
satisfy
the
continuing
education
requirement
8
prior
to
the
expiration
of
the
extension.
The
bill
defines
9
an
unforeseen
financial
or
medical
hardship
the
same
as
an
10
unforeseeable
emergency
in
the
Code
of
Federal
Regulations.
11
An
unforeseeable
emergency
is
defined
as
a
severe
financial
12
hardship
resulting
from
illness,
accident,
loss
of
property
due
13
to
casualty,
or
other
similar
extraordinary
circumstance
beyond
14
the
licensee’s
control.
15
The
bill
prohibits
licensing
boards
from
adopting
rules
16
to
interpret
or
implement
the
bill.
The
bill
does
not
17
prohibit
a
board
from
granting
a
waiver
pursuant
to
the
Iowa
18
administrative
procedure
Act.
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