House Study Bill 221 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BLOOMINGDALE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the requirements for a license to practice 1 podiatry. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2359YC (5) 90 ss/rh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 149.3, subsection 4, Code 2023, is 1 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 2 thereof the following: 3 4. Have successfully completed two years in a residency 4 program approved by the council on podiatric medical education. 5 As part of the initial license renewal, the licensee shall 6 provide documentation showing completion of a residency program 7 approved by the council on podiatric medical education. This 8 subsection applies to all applicants who graduate from a 9 school of podiatry on or after the effective date of this Act. 10 The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of this 11 subsection. 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 an applicant for a license to practice 16 podiatry to have completed two years in a residency program 17 approved by the council on podiatric medical education. The 18 bill also requires a licensee to provide documentation showing 19 the completion of such a residency program at the time of the 20 licensee’s first license renewal. This requirement applies to 21 all applicants who graduate from a school of podiatry on or 22 after the effective date of the bill. Under current law, an 23 applicant must have completed a residency program as determined 24 by the board of podiatry by rule. 25 -1- LSB 2359YC (5) 90 ss/rh 1/ 1