HSB 546 (LSB 5208YC (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COLLINS)

A BILL FOR

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

    Section 1.  Section 256.146, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Establish issuance and renewal requirements, provided that a continuing education requirement may be completed by electronic means, continuing education requirements shall relate directly to the practice of the licensed profession, and there shall be no renewal requirement for a practitioner who has been employed as a practitioner for at least ten years and who possesses a master’s or doctoral degree, unless the practitioner holds an evaluator approval endorsement, which must be renewed at least once every ten years.
    Sec. 2.  Section 272C.2, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  Not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of the licensed profession.
    Sec. 3.  ATTORNEY LICENSING —— COURT RULES.  The supreme court shall adopt or amend Iowa court rules for continuing education requirements for licensed attorneys, such that the rules shall not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of law.
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 professions, including those licensed by the board of education or the supreme court. The bill prohibits boards from adopting rules for continuing education requirements that require a licensee to obtain continuing education credits that are not directly related to the practice of the licensed profession. The bill also requires the supreme court to adopt or amend court rules for the continuing education of attorneys that do not include any requirements that are not directly related to the practice of law.