Senate
Study
Bill
3114
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SMITH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
professional
licensing
boards,
including
1
requirements
related
to
the
submission
of
official
2
transcripts
or
diplomas.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
272C.3A
Copies
of
diplomas
and
1
transcripts.
2
1.
A
licensing
board,
other
than
the
board
of
medicine
and
3
board
of
nursing,
shall
not
require
an
applicant
to
submit
an
4
official
transcript
or
an
official
diploma
in
connection
with
5
an
application
for
a
license,
registration,
or
certificate,
6
or
the
renewal
of
a
license,
registration,
or
certificate.
A
7
licensing
board,
other
than
the
board
of
medicine
and
board
8
of
nursing,
shall
accept
copies
of
an
applicant’s
transcript
9
or
diploma
in
connection
with
an
application
for
a
license,
10
registration,
or
certificate,
and
the
renewal
of
a
license,
11
registration,
or
certificate.
12
2.
A
licensing
board
shall
not
require
an
applicant
13
to
submit
a
transcript
or
a
diploma
in
connection
with
an
14
application
for
a
license,
registration,
or
certificate,
or
15
the
renewal
of
a
license,
registration,
or
certificate,
if
16
the
transcript
or
diploma
is
no
longer
available
because
the
17
institution
that
granted
the
transcript
or
diploma
is
no
longer
18
in
operation.
19
Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION.
Each
licensing
board,
as
defined
in
20
section
272C.1,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
as
21
necessary
to
implement
this
section
by
December
2,
2022.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
certain
specified
licensing
boards,
26
including
requirements
related
to
the
submission
of
official
27
transcripts
or
diplomas.
28
The
bill
prohibits
a
licensing
board
governed
by
the
29
provisions
of
Code
chapter
272C
(regulation
of
licensed
30
professions
and
occupations),
other
than
the
board
of
medicine
31
and
board
of
nursing,
from
requiring
an
applicant
to
submit
an
32
official
transcript
or
an
official
diploma
in
connection
with
33
an
application
for
a
license,
registration,
or
certificate,
or
34
the
renewal
of
a
license,
registration,
or
certificate,
and
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requires
a
licensing
board,
other
than
the
board
of
medicine
1
and
board
of
nursing,
to
accept
a
copy
of
an
applicant’s
2
transcript
or
diploma.
3
The
bill
prohibits
a
licensing
board
from
requiring
an
4
applicant
to
submit
a
transcript
or
a
diploma
in
connection
5
with
an
application
for
a
license,
registration,
or
6
certificate,
or
the
renewal
of
a
license,
registration,
7
or
certificate,
if
the
transcript
or
diploma
is
no
longer
8
available
because
the
institution
that
granted
the
transcript
9
or
diploma
is
no
longer
in
operation.
10
The
bill
requires
licensing
boards
to
adopt
rules
to
11
implement
the
bill
by
December
2,
2022.
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