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House File 2627 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to governmental and regulatory matters
including the granting and renewal of licenses,
certificates, and registrations, and including effective
date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Section 1. Section 103.6, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 2. Section 103.9, subsection 3, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 3. Section 103.10, subsection 6, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 4. Section 103.12, subsection 6, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 5. Section 103.12A, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 6. Section 103.13, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 7. Section 103.15, subsection 7, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 8. Section 105.10, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 9. Section 105.22, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 10. Section 135.105A, subsection 5, Code 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
5. The department shall adopt rules regarding minimum
requirements for lead inspector, lead abater, and lead-safe
renovator training programs, certification, work practice
standards, and suspension and revocation requirements, and
shall implement the training and certification programs. Rules
adopted pursuant to this subsection shall comply with chapter
272C. The department shall seek federal funding and shall
establish fees in amounts sufficient to defray the cost of the
programs. The fees shall be used for any of the department’s
duties under this subchapter, including but not limited
to the costs of full-time equivalent positions for program
services and investigations. Fees received shall be considered
repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2.
-1- Sec. 11. Section 147.3, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
147.3 Qualifications.
An applicant for a license to practice a profession under
this subtitle is not ineligible because of age, citizenship,
sex, race, religion, marital status, or national origin,
although the application form may require citizenship
information. A board may consider the past criminal record of
an applicant only if the conviction relates to the practice of
the profession for which the applicant requests to be licensed.
Sec. 12. Section 147.55, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 13. Section 147A.7, subsection 1, paragraph j, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 14. Section 148.6, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 15. Section 148H.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 16. Section 151.9, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 17. Section 152.10, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 18. Section 153.34, subsection 9, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 19. Section 154A.24, subsection 1, Code 2020, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 20. Section 156.9, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 21. Section 272.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. “Offense directly relates” refers to
either of the following:
a. The actions taken in furtherance of an offense are
actions customarily performed within the scope of practice of
a licensed profession.
-2- b. The circumstances under which an offense was committed
are circumstances customary to a licensed profession.
Sec. 22. Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. The board may deny a license to or revoke the license
of a person upon the board’s finding by a preponderance of
evidence that either the person has been convicted of a crime
an offense and the offense directly relates to the duties and
responsibilities of the profession or that there has been
a founded report of child abuse against the person. Rules
adopted in accordance with this paragraph shall provide that
in determining whether a person should be denied a license or
that a practitioner’s license should be revoked, the board
shall consider the nature and seriousness of the founded abuse
or crime in relation to the position sought, the time elapsed
since the crime was committed, the degree of rehabilitation
which has taken place since the incidence of founded abuse or
the commission of the crime, the likelihood that the person
will commit the same abuse or crime again, and the number of
founded abuses committed by or criminal convictions of the
person involved.
Sec. 23. Section 272C.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. “Offense directly relates” refers to
either of the following:
a. The actions taken in furtherance of an offense are
actions customarily performed within the scope of practice of
a licensed profession.
b. The circumstances under which an offense was committed
are circumstances customary to a licensed profession.
Sec. 24. Section 272C.4, subsection 13, Code 2020, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 25. Section 272C.10, subsection 5, Code 2020, is
amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
-3- 5. Conviction of a felony offense, if the offense directly
relates to the profession or occupation of the licensee, in the
courts of this state or another state, territory, or country.
Conviction as used in this subsection includes a conviction of
an offense which if committed in this state would be a felony
without regard to its designation elsewhere, and includes a
finding or verdict of guilt made or returned in a criminal
proceeding even if the adjudication of guilt is withheld or not
entered. A certified copy of the final order or judgment of
conviction or plea of guilty in this state or in another state
constitutes conclusive evidence of the conviction.
Sec. 26. NEW SECTION. 272C.12 Licensure of persons licensed
in other jurisdictions.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
occupational or professional license, certificate, or
registration, including a license, certificate, or registration
issued by the board of educational examiners, shall be issued
without an examination to a person who establishes residency
in this state or to a person who is married to an active duty
member of the military forces of the United States and who is
accompanying the member on an official permanent change of
station to a military installation located in this state if all
of the following conditions are met:
a. The person is currently licensed, certified, or
registered by at least one other issuing jurisdiction in the
occupation or profession applied for with a substantially
similar scope of practice and the license, certificate, or
registration is in good standing in all issuing jurisdictions
in which the person holds a license, certificate, or
registration.
b. The person has been licensed, certified, or registered by
another issuing jurisdiction for at least one year.
c. When the person was licensed by the issuing jurisdiction,
the issuing jurisdiction imposed minimum educational
requirements and, if applicable, work experience and clinical
-4-supervision requirements, and the issuing jurisdiction verifies
that the person met those requirements in order to be licensed
in that issuing jurisdiction.
d. The person previously passed an examination required by
the other issuing jurisdiction for licensure, certification,
or registration, if applicable.
e. The person has not had a license, certificate, or
registration revoked and has not voluntarily surrendered a
license, certificate, or registration in any other issuing
jurisdiction or country while under investigation for
unprofessional conduct.
f. The person has not had discipline imposed by any other
regulating entity in this state or another issuing jurisdiction
or country. If another jurisdiction has taken disciplinary
action against the person, the appropriate licensing board
shall determine if the cause for the action was corrected and
the matter resolved. If the licensing board determines that
the matter has not been resolved by the jurisdiction imposing
discipline, the licensing board shall not issue or deny a
license, certificate, or registration to the person until the
matter is resolved.
g. The person does not have a complaint, allegation, or
investigation pending before any regulating entity in another
issuing jurisdiction or country that relates to unprofessional
conduct. If the person has any complaints, allegations, or
investigations pending, the appropriate licensing board shall
not issue or deny a license, certificate, or registration to
the person until the complaint, allegation, or investigation
is resolved.
h. The person pays all applicable fees.
i. The person does not have a criminal history that would
prevent the person from holding the license, certificate, or
registration applied for in this state.
2. A person licensed pursuant to this section is subject to
the laws regulating the person’s practice in this state and is
-5-subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate licensing board.
3. This section does not apply to any of the following:
a. The ability of a licensing board, agency, or department
to require the submission of fingerprints or completion of a
criminal history check.
b. Criteria for a license, certificate, or registration that
is established by an interstate compact.
c. The ability of a licensing board, agency, or department
to require a person to take and pass an examination specific to
the laws of this state prior to issuing a license. A licensing
board, agency, or department that requires an applicant to take
and pass an examination specific to the laws of this state
shall issue an applicant a temporary license that is valid
for a period of three months and may be renewed once for an
additional period of three months.
d. A license issued by the department of transportation.
e. A person who is licensed by another issuing jurisdiction
and is granted a privilege to practice in this state by another
provision of law without receiving a license in this state.
f. A person applying for a license through a national
licensing organization.
4. A license, certificate, or registration issued
pursuant to this section does not grant the person receiving
the license, certificate, or registration eligibility to
practice pursuant to an interstate compact. A licensing
board shall determine eligibility for a person to hold a
license, certificate, or registration pursuant to this section
regardless of the person’s eligibility to practice pursuant to
an interstate compact.
5. For the purposes of this section, “issuing jurisdiction”
means the duly constituted authority in another state that has
issued a professional license, certificate, or registration to
a person.
Sec. 27. NEW SECTION. 272C.13 Educational requirements —
work experience.
-6- 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person applying
for a professional or occupational license, certificate,
or registration in this state who relocates to this state
from another state that did not require a professional or
occupational license, certificate, or registration to practice
the person’s profession or occupation may be considered to have
met any education, training, or work experience requirements
imposed by a licensing board in this state if the person
has three or more years of related work experience with a
substantially similar scope of practice within the four years
preceding the date of application as determined by the board.
2. This section does not apply to a license, certificate,
or registration issued by the board of medicine, the board of
nursing, the dental board, the board of pharmacy, or the board
of educational examiners.
3. If this Code or administrative rules require
a person applying for a professional or occupational
license, certificate, or registration in this state to
pass an examination to obtain the license, certificate, or
registration, a person applying for licensure, certification,
or registration under this section shall be required to pass
the same examination.
Sec. 28. NEW SECTION. 272C.14 Waiver of fees.
A licensing board, agency, or department shall waive any
fee charged to an applicant for a license if the applicant’s
household income does not exceed two hundred percent of the
federal poverty income guidelines and the applicant is applying
for the license for the first time in this state.
Sec. 29. NEW SECTION. 272C.15 Disqualifications for
criminal convictions limited.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, except for chapter 272, a person’s conviction of a
crime may be grounds for the denial, revocation, or suspension
of a license only if an unreasonable risk to public safety
exists because the offense directly relates to the duties
-7-and responsibilities of the profession and the appropriate
licensing board, agency, or department does not grant an
exception pursuant to subsection 4.
2. A licensing board, agency, or department that may deny a
license on the basis of an applicant’s conviction record shall
provide a list of the specific convictions that may disqualify
an applicant from receiving a license. Any such offense
shall be an offense that directly relates to the duties and
responsibilities of the profession.
3. A licensing board, agency, or department shall not deny
an application for a license on the basis of an arrest that
was not followed by a conviction or based on a finding that an
applicant lacks good character, suffers from moral turpitude,
or on other similar basis.
4. A licensing board, agency, or department shall grant
an exception to an applicant who would otherwise be denied a
license due to a criminal conviction if the following factors
establish by clear and convincing evidence that the applicant
is rehabilitated and an appropriate candidate for licensure:
a. The nature and seriousness of the crime for which the
applicant was convicted.
b. The amount of time that has passed since the commission
of the crime. There is a rebuttable presumption that an
applicant is rehabilitated and an appropriate candidate
for licensure five years after the date of the applicant’s
release from incarceration, provided that the applicant was
not convicted of sexual abuse in violation of section 709.4,
a sexually violent offense as defined in section 229A.2,
dependent adult abuse in violation of section 235B.20, a
forcible felony as defined in section 702.11, or domestic abuse
assault in violation of section 708.2A, and the applicant
has not been convicted of another crime after release from
incarceration.
c. The circumstances relative to the offense, including any
aggravating and mitigating circumstances or social conditions
-8-surrounding the commission of the offense.
d. The age of the applicant at the time the offense was
committed.
e. Any treatment undertaken by the applicant.
f. Whether a certification of employability has been issued
to the applicant pursuant to section 906.19.
g. Any letters of reference submitted on behalf of the
applicant.
h. All other relevant evidence of rehabilitation and present
fitness of the applicant.
5. An applicant may petition the relevant licensing board,
agency, or department, in a form prescribed by the board,
agency, or department, for a determination as to whether the
applicant’s criminal record will prevent the applicant from
receiving a license. The board, agency, or department shall
issue such a determination at the next regularly scheduled
meeting of the board, agency, or department or within thirty
days of receiving the petition, whichever is later. The
board, agency, or department shall hold a closed session
while determining whether an applicant’s criminal record will
prevent the applicant from receiving a license and while
determining whether to deny an applicant’s application on
the basis of an applicant’s criminal conviction. A board,
agency, or department may charge a fee to recoup the costs of
such a determination, provided that such fee shall not exceed
twenty-five dollars.
6. a. A licensing board, agency, or department that
denies an applicant a license solely or partly because of
the applicant’s prior conviction of a crime shall notify the
applicant in writing of all of the following:
(1) The grounds for the denial or disqualification.
(2) That the applicant has the right to a hearing to
challenge the licensing authority’s decision.
(3) The earliest date the applicant may submit a new
application.
-9- (4) That evidence of rehabilitation of the applicant may be
considered upon reapplication.
b. A determination by a licensing board, agency, or
department that an applicant’s criminal conviction is
specifically listed as a disqualifying conviction and the
offense directly relates to the duties and responsibilities
of the applicant’s profession must be documented in written
findings for each factor specified in subsection 4 sufficient
for a review by a court.
c. In any administrative or civil hearing authorized by
this section or chapter 17A, a licensing board, agency, or
department shall carry the burden of proof on the question of
whether the applicant’s criminal offense directly relates to
the duties and responsibilities of the profession for which the
license is sought.
7. A board, agency, or department may require an applicant
with a criminal record to submit the applicant’s complete
criminal record detailing an applicant’s offenses with an
application. A board, agency, or department may also require
an applicant with a criminal record to submit a personal
statement regarding whether each offense directly relates to
the duties and performance of the applicant’s occupation. For
the purposes of this subsection, “complete criminal record”
includes the complaint and judgment of conviction for each
offense of which the applicant has been convicted.
Sec. 30. RULEMAKING PROCEDURES AND APPLICABILITY.
1. The boards designated in section 147.13 other than the
board of medicine, the board of nursing, the dental board, and
the board of pharmacy, when carrying out rulemaking pursuant
to chapter 17A to implement the provisions of this division
of this Act, shall each adopt the same rules, which shall be
applicable to all such boards. The bureau of professional
licensure of the department of public health shall assist the
boards in carrying out such rulemaking.
2. The accountancy examining board, the architectural
-10-examining board, the engineering and land surveying examining
board, the interior design examining board, the landscape
architectural examining board, and the real estate commission,
when carrying out rulemaking pursuant to chapter 17A to
implement the provisions of this Act, shall each adopt the same
rules, which shall be applicable to all such boards and the
real estate commission. The professional licensing bureau of
the department of commerce shall assist the boards and the real
estate commission in carrying out such rulemaking.
3. This section shall not apply to any rulemaking pursuant
to chapter 17A by a board or commission to implement the
provisions of this Act that the board or commission determines
is necessary to address circumstances or legal requirements
uniquely applicable to the board or commission.
Sec. 31. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect January 1, 2021.
DIVISION II
MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES
Sec. 32. Section 22.2, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. If feasible, the custodian of a public
record may provide for the electronic examination and copying
of a public record in lieu of requiring in-person examination
and copying of a public record. This subsection does not apply
to searches of all indexes, general and specific, of public
records relating to documents, instruments, and muniments of
title, for the purpose of performing title searches, real
property searches, or creating real property abstracts.
Sec. 33. Section 22.4, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
22.4 Hours when available Public records requests.
The rights of persons under this chapter may be exercised
under any of the following circumstances:
1. In person,at any time during the customary office hours
of the lawful custodian of the records. However, if the lawful
-11-custodian does not have customary office hours of at least
thirty hours per week, such right may be exercised at any time
from 9:00 a.m.to noon and from 1:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m.Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays, unless the person
exercising such right and the lawful custodian agree on a
different time.
2. In writing, by telephone, or by electronic means. The
lawful custodian of the records shall post information for
making such requests in a manner reasonably calculated to
apprise the public of that information.
Sec. 34. Section 80A.1, subsection 12, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
12. “Private security business” means a business of
furnishing, for hire or reward, guards, watch personnel,
armored car personnel, patrol personnel, or other persons to
protect persons or property, to prevent the unlawful taking of
goods and merchandise, or to prevent the misappropriation or
concealment of goods, merchandise, money, securities, or other
valuable documents or papers, and includes an individual who
for hire patrols, watches, or guards a residential, industrial,
or business property or district. “Private security business”
does not include a business for debt collection as defined in
section 537.7102.
Sec. 35. Section 89A.3, subsection 2, paragraph i, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
i. The amount of fees charged and collected for inspection,
permits, and commissions. Fees shall be set at an amount
sufficient to cover costs as determined from consideration
of the reasonable time required to conduct an inspection,
reasonable hourly wages paid to inspectors, and reasonable
transportation and similar expenses. The safety board shall
also be authorized to consider setting reduced fees for
nonprofit associations and nonprofit corporations, as described
in chapters 501B and 504.
Sec. 36. Section 125.38, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended
-12-to read as follows:
1. Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of
visitation which the department may adopt, a patient in
a facility shall be granted an opportunity for adequate
consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with
family and friends consistent with an effective treatment
program, provided that such consultation and contact may be
provided telephonically or electronically.
Sec. 37. Section 135B.5, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Upon receipt of an application for license and the
license fee, the department shall issue a license if the
applicant and hospital facilities comply with this chapter,
chapter 135, and the rules of the department. Each licensee
shall receive annual reapproval upon payment of five hundred
dollars and upon filing of an application form which is
available from the department. The annual licensure fee shall
be dedicated to support and provide educational programs on
regulatory issues for hospitals licensed under this chapter in
consultation with the hospital licensing board. Licenses shall
be either general or restricted in form. Each license shall be
issued only for the premises and persons or governmental units
named in the application and is not transferable or assignable
except with the written approval of the department. Licenses
shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises
as prescribed by rule of the department.
Sec. 38. Section 135B.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. The department, with the advice and approval of the
hospital licensing board and approval of the state board of
health, shall adopt rules setting out the standards for the
different types of hospitals to be licensed under this chapter.
The department shall enforce the rules.
Sec. 39. Section 272.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
-13- a. License practitioners, which includes the authority to
establish criteria for the licenses; establish issuance and
renewal requirements, provided that a continuing education
requirement may be completed by electronic means; create
application and renewal forms; create licenses that authorize
different instructional functions or specialties; develop a
code of professional rights and responsibilities, practices,
and ethics, which shall, among other things, address the
failure of a practitioner to fulfill contractual obligations
under section 279.13; and develop any other classifications,
distinctions, and procedures which may be necessary to exercise
licensing duties. In addressing the failure of a practitioner
to fulfill contractual obligations, the board shall consider
factors beyond the practitioner’s control.
Sec. 40. Section 483A.24, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. Fifty of the nonresident deer hunting licenses shall
be allocated as requested by a majority of a committee
consisting of the majority leader of the senate, speaker of
the house of representatives, and director of the economic
development authority, or their designees determined by the
department. The licenses provided pursuant to this subsection
shall be in addition to the number of nonresident licenses
authorized pursuant to section 483A.8. The purpose of the
special nonresident licenses is to allow state officials and
local development groups to promote the state and its natural
resources to nonresident guests and dignitaries. Photographs,
videotapes, or any other form of media resulting from the
hunting visitation shall not be used for political campaign
purposes. The nonresident licenses shall be issued without
application upon purchase of a nonresident annual hunting
license that includes the wildlife habitat fee and the purchase
of a nonresident deer hunting license. The licenses are valid
in all zones open to deer hunting. The hunter education
certificate requirement pursuant to section 483A.27 is waived
-14-for a nonresident issued a license pursuant to this subsection.
Sec. 41. Section 483A.24, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. Fifty of the nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses
shall be allocated as requested by a majority of a committee
consisting of the majority leader of the senate, speaker of
the house of representatives, and director of the economic
development authority, or their designees determined by the
department. The licenses provided pursuant to this subsection
shall be in addition to the number of nonresident licenses
authorized pursuant to section 483A.7. The purpose of the
special nonresident licenses is to allow state officials and
local development groups to promote the state and its natural
resources to nonresident guests and dignitaries. Photographs,
videotapes, or any other form of media resulting from the
hunting visitation shall not be used for political campaign
purposes. The nonresident licenses shall be issued without
application upon purchase of a nonresident annual hunting
license that includes the wildlife habitat fee and the purchase
of a nonresident wild turkey hunting license. The licenses are
valid in all zones open to wild turkey hunting. The hunter
education certificate requirement pursuant to section 483A.27
is waived for a nonresident issued a license pursuant to this
subsection.
Sec. 42. Section 543D.9, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
543D.9 Education and experience requirement.
The board shall determine what real estate appraisal or
real estate appraisal review experience and what education
shall be required to provide appropriate assurance that
an applicant for certification is competent to perform the
certified appraisal work which is within the scope of practice
defined by the board. All experience required for initial
certification shall be performed as a registered associate
real estate appraiser acting under the direct supervision of
-15-a certified real estate appraiser who meets the supervisory
requirements established by applicable federal authorities or
federal law, rule, or policy in effect at the time the hours
of experience are claimed, except as the board may provide by
rule. Subject to requirements or limitations established by
applicable federal authorities or federal law, rule, or policy,
hours qualifying for experience in a bordering state will
be considered qualifying hours for experience in this state
without requiring a waiver or authorization from the board in
accordance with rules and standards adopted by the board, as
long as a majority of qualifying hours are completed in this
state. Qualifying hours completed in a bordering state shall
be under the direct supervision of a certified real estate
appraiser with active certification in that bordering state.
The board shall prescribe a required minimum number of tested
hours of education relating to the provisions of this chapter,
the uniform appraisal standards, and other rules issued in
accordance with this chapter.
Sec. 43. Section 544A.8, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A person applying to the board for
licensure who has passed a module of the architect registration
examination but failed to pass the exam shall not be required
to retake the module that the applicant previously passed in
subsequent examinations.
Sec. 44. REPEAL. Chapter 9D, Code 2020, is repealed.
Sec. 45. REPEAL. Sections 135B.10 and 135B.11, Code 2020,
are repealed.
Sec. 46. 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1142, section 8, as amended
by 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 118, is amended to read
as follows:
SEC. 8. FUTURE REPEAL. Section 155A.44, Code 2018, is
repealed effective July 1, 2020 2021.
Sec. 47. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. The boards
designated in section 147.13 shall require licensees required
-16-to complete continuing education credits prior to the renewal
of a license set to expire in 2020 to complete such continuing
education credits by June 30, 2021. A license set to expire in
2020 shall not expire until June 30, 2021.
Sec. 48. CONTINUING EDUCATION — ELECTRONIC MEANS. For the
period beginning on the effective date of this division of this
Act through June 30, 2021, notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, each licensing board, as defined in section
272C.1, shall allow licensees to satisfy continuing education
requirements by electronic means.
Sec. 49. SCHOOL PHYSICALS — TEMPORARY PROVISIONS. For
the period beginning on the effective date of this division of
this Act through December 31, 2020, a student participating
in interscholastic athletics who presents to the student’s
superintendent a certificate signed on or after July 1, 2019,
by a licensed physician or surgeon, osteopathic physician
or surgeon, chiropractor, physician assistant, or advanced
registered nurse practitioner, to the effect that the
student has been examined and may safely engage in athletic
competition, shall be deemed to have complied with the
regulatory provisions of 281 IAC 36.14(1).
Sec. 50. SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS — TEMPORARY PROVISIONS. For
the period beginning on the effective date of this division
of this Act through December 31, 2020, notwithstanding the
provisions of chapters 490, 491, 499, and 501A requiring an
in-person meeting of shareholders, policyholders, or members,
an in-person meeting of shareholders, policyholders, or members
shall not be required if the meeting is held by means of remote
communication and provides shareholders, policyholders, or
members a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting
and to vote on matters submitted for action at such meeting,
including an opportunity to communicate and to read or hear the
proceedings of the meeting, substantially concurrent with the
occurrence of such meeting.
Sec. 51. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
-17-deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2627, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2020______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorss/rh/md
including the granting and renewal of licenses,
certificates, and registrations, and including effective
date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Section 1. Section 103.6, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 2. Section 103.9, subsection 3, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 3. Section 103.10, subsection 6, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 4. Section 103.12, subsection 6, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 5. Section 103.12A, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 6. Section 103.13, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 7. Section 103.15, subsection 7, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 8. Section 105.10, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 9. Section 105.22, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 10. Section 135.105A, subsection 5, Code 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
5. The department shall adopt rules regarding minimum
requirements for lead inspector, lead abater, and lead-safe
renovator training programs, certification, work practice
standards, and suspension and revocation requirements, and
shall implement the training and certification programs. Rules
adopted pursuant to this subsection shall comply with chapter
272C. The department shall seek federal funding and shall
establish fees in amounts sufficient to defray the cost of the
programs. The fees shall be used for any of the department’s
duties under this subchapter, including but not limited
to the costs of full-time equivalent positions for program
services and investigations. Fees received shall be considered
repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2.
-1- Sec. 11. Section 147.3, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
147.3 Qualifications.
An applicant for a license to practice a profession under
this subtitle is not ineligible because of age, citizenship,
sex, race, religion, marital status, or national origin,
although the application form may require citizenship
information. A board may consider the past criminal record of
an applicant only if the conviction relates to the practice of
the profession for which the applicant requests to be licensed.
Sec. 12. Section 147.55, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 13. Section 147A.7, subsection 1, paragraph j, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 14. Section 148.6, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 15. Section 148H.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 16. Section 151.9, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 17. Section 152.10, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 18. Section 153.34, subsection 9, Code 2020, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 19. Section 154A.24, subsection 1, Code 2020, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 20. Section 156.9, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2020, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 21. Section 272.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. “Offense directly relates” refers to
either of the following:
a. The actions taken in furtherance of an offense are
actions customarily performed within the scope of practice of
a licensed profession.
-2- b. The circumstances under which an offense was committed
are circumstances customary to a licensed profession.
Sec. 22. Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. The board may deny a license to or revoke the license
of a person upon the board’s finding by a preponderance of
evidence that either the person has been convicted of a crime
an offense and the offense directly relates to the duties and
responsibilities of the profession or that there has been
a founded report of child abuse against the person. Rules
adopted in accordance with this paragraph shall provide that
in determining whether a person should be denied a license or
that a practitioner’s license should be revoked, the board
shall consider the nature and seriousness of the founded abuse
or crime in relation to the position sought, the time elapsed
since the crime was committed, the degree of rehabilitation
which has taken place since the incidence of founded abuse or
the commission of the crime, the likelihood that the person
will commit the same abuse or crime again, and the number of
founded abuses committed by or criminal convictions of the
person involved.
Sec. 23. Section 272C.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. “Offense directly relates” refers to
either of the following:
a. The actions taken in furtherance of an offense are
actions customarily performed within the scope of practice of
a licensed profession.
b. The circumstances under which an offense was committed
are circumstances customary to a licensed profession.
Sec. 24. Section 272C.4, subsection 13, Code 2020, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 25. Section 272C.10, subsection 5, Code 2020, is
amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
-3- 5. Conviction of a felony offense, if the offense directly
relates to the profession or occupation of the licensee, in the
courts of this state or another state, territory, or country.
Conviction as used in this subsection includes a conviction of
an offense which if committed in this state would be a felony
without regard to its designation elsewhere, and includes a
finding or verdict of guilt made or returned in a criminal
proceeding even if the adjudication of guilt is withheld or not
entered. A certified copy of the final order or judgment of
conviction or plea of guilty in this state or in another state
constitutes conclusive evidence of the conviction.
Sec. 26. NEW SECTION. 272C.12 Licensure of persons licensed
in other jurisdictions.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
occupational or professional license, certificate, or
registration, including a license, certificate, or registration
issued by the board of educational examiners, shall be issued
without an examination to a person who establishes residency
in this state or to a person who is married to an active duty
member of the military forces of the United States and who is
accompanying the member on an official permanent change of
station to a military installation located in this state if all
of the following conditions are met:
a. The person is currently licensed, certified, or
registered by at least one other issuing jurisdiction in the
occupation or profession applied for with a substantially
similar scope of practice and the license, certificate, or
registration is in good standing in all issuing jurisdictions
in which the person holds a license, certificate, or
registration.
b. The person has been licensed, certified, or registered by
another issuing jurisdiction for at least one year.
c. When the person was licensed by the issuing jurisdiction,
the issuing jurisdiction imposed minimum educational
requirements and, if applicable, work experience and clinical
-4-supervision requirements, and the issuing jurisdiction verifies
that the person met those requirements in order to be licensed
in that issuing jurisdiction.
d. The person previously passed an examination required by
the other issuing jurisdiction for licensure, certification,
or registration, if applicable.
e. The person has not had a license, certificate, or
registration revoked and has not voluntarily surrendered a
license, certificate, or registration in any other issuing
jurisdiction or country while under investigation for
unprofessional conduct.
f. The person has not had discipline imposed by any other
regulating entity in this state or another issuing jurisdiction
or country. If another jurisdiction has taken disciplinary
action against the person, the appropriate licensing board
shall determine if the cause for the action was corrected and
the matter resolved. If the licensing board determines that
the matter has not been resolved by the jurisdiction imposing
discipline, the licensing board shall not issue or deny a
license, certificate, or registration to the person until the
matter is resolved.
g. The person does not have a complaint, allegation, or
investigation pending before any regulating entity in another
issuing jurisdiction or country that relates to unprofessional
conduct. If the person has any complaints, allegations, or
investigations pending, the appropriate licensing board shall
not issue or deny a license, certificate, or registration to
the person until the complaint, allegation, or investigation
is resolved.
h. The person pays all applicable fees.
i. The person does not have a criminal history that would
prevent the person from holding the license, certificate, or
registration applied for in this state.
2. A person licensed pursuant to this section is subject to
the laws regulating the person’s practice in this state and is
-5-subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate licensing board.
3. This section does not apply to any of the following:
a. The ability of a licensing board, agency, or department
to require the submission of fingerprints or completion of a
criminal history check.
b. Criteria for a license, certificate, or registration that
is established by an interstate compact.
c. The ability of a licensing board, agency, or department
to require a person to take and pass an examination specific to
the laws of this state prior to issuing a license. A licensing
board, agency, or department that requires an applicant to take
and pass an examination specific to the laws of this state
shall issue an applicant a temporary license that is valid
for a period of three months and may be renewed once for an
additional period of three months.
d. A license issued by the department of transportation.
e. A person who is licensed by another issuing jurisdiction
and is granted a privilege to practice in this state by another
provision of law without receiving a license in this state.
f. A person applying for a license through a national
licensing organization.
4. A license, certificate, or registration issued
pursuant to this section does not grant the person receiving
the license, certificate, or registration eligibility to
practice pursuant to an interstate compact. A licensing
board shall determine eligibility for a person to hold a
license, certificate, or registration pursuant to this section
regardless of the person’s eligibility to practice pursuant to
an interstate compact.
5. For the purposes of this section, “issuing jurisdiction”
means the duly constituted authority in another state that has
issued a professional license, certificate, or registration to
a person.
Sec. 27. NEW SECTION. 272C.13 Educational requirements —
work experience.
-6- 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person applying
for a professional or occupational license, certificate,
or registration in this state who relocates to this state
from another state that did not require a professional or
occupational license, certificate, or registration to practice
the person’s profession or occupation may be considered to have
met any education, training, or work experience requirements
imposed by a licensing board in this state if the person
has three or more years of related work experience with a
substantially similar scope of practice within the four years
preceding the date of application as determined by the board.
2. This section does not apply to a license, certificate,
or registration issued by the board of medicine, the board of
nursing, the dental board, the board of pharmacy, or the board
of educational examiners.
3. If this Code or administrative rules require
a person applying for a professional or occupational
license, certificate, or registration in this state to
pass an examination to obtain the license, certificate, or
registration, a person applying for licensure, certification,
or registration under this section shall be required to pass
the same examination.
Sec. 28. NEW SECTION. 272C.14 Waiver of fees.
A licensing board, agency, or department shall waive any
fee charged to an applicant for a license if the applicant’s
household income does not exceed two hundred percent of the
federal poverty income guidelines and the applicant is applying
for the license for the first time in this state.
Sec. 29. NEW SECTION. 272C.15 Disqualifications for
criminal convictions limited.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, except for chapter 272, a person’s conviction of a
crime may be grounds for the denial, revocation, or suspension
of a license only if an unreasonable risk to public safety
exists because the offense directly relates to the duties
-7-and responsibilities of the profession and the appropriate
licensing board, agency, or department does not grant an
exception pursuant to subsection 4.
2. A licensing board, agency, or department that may deny a
license on the basis of an applicant’s conviction record shall
provide a list of the specific convictions that may disqualify
an applicant from receiving a license. Any such offense
shall be an offense that directly relates to the duties and
responsibilities of the profession.
3. A licensing board, agency, or department shall not deny
an application for a license on the basis of an arrest that
was not followed by a conviction or based on a finding that an
applicant lacks good character, suffers from moral turpitude,
or on other similar basis.
4. A licensing board, agency, or department shall grant
an exception to an applicant who would otherwise be denied a
license due to a criminal conviction if the following factors
establish by clear and convincing evidence that the applicant
is rehabilitated and an appropriate candidate for licensure:
a. The nature and seriousness of the crime for which the
applicant was convicted.
b. The amount of time that has passed since the commission
of the crime. There is a rebuttable presumption that an
applicant is rehabilitated and an appropriate candidate
for licensure five years after the date of the applicant’s
release from incarceration, provided that the applicant was
not convicted of sexual abuse in violation of section 709.4,
a sexually violent offense as defined in section 229A.2,
dependent adult abuse in violation of section 235B.20, a
forcible felony as defined in section 702.11, or domestic abuse
assault in violation of section 708.2A, and the applicant
has not been convicted of another crime after release from
incarceration.
c. The circumstances relative to the offense, including any
aggravating and mitigating circumstances or social conditions
-8-surrounding the commission of the offense.
d. The age of the applicant at the time the offense was
committed.
e. Any treatment undertaken by the applicant.
f. Whether a certification of employability has been issued
to the applicant pursuant to section 906.19.
g. Any letters of reference submitted on behalf of the
applicant.
h. All other relevant evidence of rehabilitation and present
fitness of the applicant.
5. An applicant may petition the relevant licensing board,
agency, or department, in a form prescribed by the board,
agency, or department, for a determination as to whether the
applicant’s criminal record will prevent the applicant from
receiving a license. The board, agency, or department shall
issue such a determination at the next regularly scheduled
meeting of the board, agency, or department or within thirty
days of receiving the petition, whichever is later. The
board, agency, or department shall hold a closed session
while determining whether an applicant’s criminal record will
prevent the applicant from receiving a license and while
determining whether to deny an applicant’s application on
the basis of an applicant’s criminal conviction. A board,
agency, or department may charge a fee to recoup the costs of
such a determination, provided that such fee shall not exceed
twenty-five dollars.
6. a. A licensing board, agency, or department that
denies an applicant a license solely or partly because of
the applicant’s prior conviction of a crime shall notify the
applicant in writing of all of the following:
(1) The grounds for the denial or disqualification.
(2) That the applicant has the right to a hearing to
challenge the licensing authority’s decision.
(3) The earliest date the applicant may submit a new
application.
-9- (4) That evidence of rehabilitation of the applicant may be
considered upon reapplication.
b. A determination by a licensing board, agency, or
department that an applicant’s criminal conviction is
specifically listed as a disqualifying conviction and the
offense directly relates to the duties and responsibilities
of the applicant’s profession must be documented in written
findings for each factor specified in subsection 4 sufficient
for a review by a court.
c. In any administrative or civil hearing authorized by
this section or chapter 17A, a licensing board, agency, or
department shall carry the burden of proof on the question of
whether the applicant’s criminal offense directly relates to
the duties and responsibilities of the profession for which the
license is sought.
7. A board, agency, or department may require an applicant
with a criminal record to submit the applicant’s complete
criminal record detailing an applicant’s offenses with an
application. A board, agency, or department may also require
an applicant with a criminal record to submit a personal
statement regarding whether each offense directly relates to
the duties and performance of the applicant’s occupation. For
the purposes of this subsection, “complete criminal record”
includes the complaint and judgment of conviction for each
offense of which the applicant has been convicted.
Sec. 30. RULEMAKING PROCEDURES AND APPLICABILITY.
1. The boards designated in section 147.13 other than the
board of medicine, the board of nursing, the dental board, and
the board of pharmacy, when carrying out rulemaking pursuant
to chapter 17A to implement the provisions of this division
of this Act, shall each adopt the same rules, which shall be
applicable to all such boards. The bureau of professional
licensure of the department of public health shall assist the
boards in carrying out such rulemaking.
2. The accountancy examining board, the architectural
-10-examining board, the engineering and land surveying examining
board, the interior design examining board, the landscape
architectural examining board, and the real estate commission,
when carrying out rulemaking pursuant to chapter 17A to
implement the provisions of this Act, shall each adopt the same
rules, which shall be applicable to all such boards and the
real estate commission. The professional licensing bureau of
the department of commerce shall assist the boards and the real
estate commission in carrying out such rulemaking.
3. This section shall not apply to any rulemaking pursuant
to chapter 17A by a board or commission to implement the
provisions of this Act that the board or commission determines
is necessary to address circumstances or legal requirements
uniquely applicable to the board or commission.
Sec. 31. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect January 1, 2021.
DIVISION II
MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES
Sec. 32. Section 22.2, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. If feasible, the custodian of a public
record may provide for the electronic examination and copying
of a public record in lieu of requiring in-person examination
and copying of a public record. This subsection does not apply
to searches of all indexes, general and specific, of public
records relating to documents, instruments, and muniments of
title, for the purpose of performing title searches, real
property searches, or creating real property abstracts.
Sec. 33. Section 22.4, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
22.4 Hours when available Public records requests.
The rights of persons under this chapter may be exercised
under any of the following circumstances:
1. In person,at any time during the customary office hours
of the lawful custodian of the records. However, if the lawful
-11-custodian does not have customary office hours of at least
thirty hours per week, such right may be exercised at any time
from 9:00 a.m.to noon and from 1:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m.Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays, unless the person
exercising such right and the lawful custodian agree on a
different time.
2. In writing, by telephone, or by electronic means. The
lawful custodian of the records shall post information for
making such requests in a manner reasonably calculated to
apprise the public of that information.
Sec. 34. Section 80A.1, subsection 12, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
12. “Private security business” means a business of
furnishing, for hire or reward, guards, watch personnel,
armored car personnel, patrol personnel, or other persons to
protect persons or property, to prevent the unlawful taking of
goods and merchandise, or to prevent the misappropriation or
concealment of goods, merchandise, money, securities, or other
valuable documents or papers, and includes an individual who
for hire patrols, watches, or guards a residential, industrial,
or business property or district. “Private security business”
does not include a business for debt collection as defined in
section 537.7102.
Sec. 35. Section 89A.3, subsection 2, paragraph i, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
i. The amount of fees charged and collected for inspection,
permits, and commissions. Fees shall be set at an amount
sufficient to cover costs as determined from consideration
of the reasonable time required to conduct an inspection,
reasonable hourly wages paid to inspectors, and reasonable
transportation and similar expenses. The safety board shall
also be authorized to consider setting reduced fees for
nonprofit associations and nonprofit corporations, as described
in chapters 501B and 504.
Sec. 36. Section 125.38, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended
-12-to read as follows:
1. Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of
visitation which the department may adopt, a patient in
a facility shall be granted an opportunity for adequate
consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with
family and friends consistent with an effective treatment
program, provided that such consultation and contact may be
provided telephonically or electronically.
Sec. 37. Section 135B.5, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Upon receipt of an application for license and the
license fee, the department shall issue a license if the
applicant and hospital facilities comply with this chapter,
chapter 135, and the rules of the department. Each licensee
shall receive annual reapproval upon payment of five hundred
dollars and upon filing of an application form which is
available from the department. The annual licensure fee shall
be dedicated to support and provide educational programs on
regulatory issues for hospitals licensed under this chapter in
consultation with the hospital licensing board. Licenses shall
be either general or restricted in form. Each license shall be
issued only for the premises and persons or governmental units
named in the application and is not transferable or assignable
except with the written approval of the department. Licenses
shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises
as prescribed by rule of the department.
Sec. 38. Section 135B.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. The department, with the advice and approval of the
hospital licensing board and approval of the state board of
health, shall adopt rules setting out the standards for the
different types of hospitals to be licensed under this chapter.
The department shall enforce the rules.
Sec. 39. Section 272.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
-13- a. License practitioners, which includes the authority to
establish criteria for the licenses; establish issuance and
renewal requirements, provided that a continuing education
requirement may be completed by electronic means; create
application and renewal forms; create licenses that authorize
different instructional functions or specialties; develop a
code of professional rights and responsibilities, practices,
and ethics, which shall, among other things, address the
failure of a practitioner to fulfill contractual obligations
under section 279.13; and develop any other classifications,
distinctions, and procedures which may be necessary to exercise
licensing duties. In addressing the failure of a practitioner
to fulfill contractual obligations, the board shall consider
factors beyond the practitioner’s control.
Sec. 40. Section 483A.24, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. Fifty of the nonresident deer hunting licenses shall
be allocated as requested by a majority of a committee
consisting of the majority leader of the senate, speaker of
the house of representatives, and director of the economic
development authority, or their designees determined by the
department. The licenses provided pursuant to this subsection
shall be in addition to the number of nonresident licenses
authorized pursuant to section 483A.8. The purpose of the
special nonresident licenses is to allow state officials and
local development groups to promote the state and its natural
resources to nonresident guests and dignitaries. Photographs,
videotapes, or any other form of media resulting from the
hunting visitation shall not be used for political campaign
purposes. The nonresident licenses shall be issued without
application upon purchase of a nonresident annual hunting
license that includes the wildlife habitat fee and the purchase
of a nonresident deer hunting license. The licenses are valid
in all zones open to deer hunting. The hunter education
certificate requirement pursuant to section 483A.27 is waived
-14-for a nonresident issued a license pursuant to this subsection.
Sec. 41. Section 483A.24, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. Fifty of the nonresident wild turkey hunting licenses
shall be allocated as requested by a majority of a committee
consisting of the majority leader of the senate, speaker of
the house of representatives, and director of the economic
development authority, or their designees determined by the
department. The licenses provided pursuant to this subsection
shall be in addition to the number of nonresident licenses
authorized pursuant to section 483A.7. The purpose of the
special nonresident licenses is to allow state officials and
local development groups to promote the state and its natural
resources to nonresident guests and dignitaries. Photographs,
videotapes, or any other form of media resulting from the
hunting visitation shall not be used for political campaign
purposes. The nonresident licenses shall be issued without
application upon purchase of a nonresident annual hunting
license that includes the wildlife habitat fee and the purchase
of a nonresident wild turkey hunting license. The licenses are
valid in all zones open to wild turkey hunting. The hunter
education certificate requirement pursuant to section 483A.27
is waived for a nonresident issued a license pursuant to this
subsection.
Sec. 42. Section 543D.9, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
543D.9 Education and experience requirement.
The board shall determine what real estate appraisal or
real estate appraisal review experience and what education
shall be required to provide appropriate assurance that
an applicant for certification is competent to perform the
certified appraisal work which is within the scope of practice
defined by the board. All experience required for initial
certification shall be performed as a registered associate
real estate appraiser acting under the direct supervision of
-15-a certified real estate appraiser who meets the supervisory
requirements established by applicable federal authorities or
federal law, rule, or policy in effect at the time the hours
of experience are claimed, except as the board may provide by
rule. Subject to requirements or limitations established by
applicable federal authorities or federal law, rule, or policy,
hours qualifying for experience in a bordering state will
be considered qualifying hours for experience in this state
without requiring a waiver or authorization from the board in
accordance with rules and standards adopted by the board, as
long as a majority of qualifying hours are completed in this
state. Qualifying hours completed in a bordering state shall
be under the direct supervision of a certified real estate
appraiser with active certification in that bordering state.
The board shall prescribe a required minimum number of tested
hours of education relating to the provisions of this chapter,
the uniform appraisal standards, and other rules issued in
accordance with this chapter.
Sec. 43. Section 544A.8, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A person applying to the board for
licensure who has passed a module of the architect registration
examination but failed to pass the exam shall not be required
to retake the module that the applicant previously passed in
subsequent examinations.
Sec. 44. REPEAL. Chapter 9D, Code 2020, is repealed.
Sec. 45. REPEAL. Sections 135B.10 and 135B.11, Code 2020,
are repealed.
Sec. 46. 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1142, section 8, as amended
by 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 118, is amended to read
as follows:
SEC. 8. FUTURE REPEAL. Section 155A.44, Code 2018, is
repealed effective July 1, 2020 2021.
Sec. 47. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. The boards
designated in section 147.13 shall require licensees required
-16-to complete continuing education credits prior to the renewal
of a license set to expire in 2020 to complete such continuing
education credits by June 30, 2021. A license set to expire in
2020 shall not expire until June 30, 2021.
Sec. 48. CONTINUING EDUCATION — ELECTRONIC MEANS. For the
period beginning on the effective date of this division of this
Act through June 30, 2021, notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, each licensing board, as defined in section
272C.1, shall allow licensees to satisfy continuing education
requirements by electronic means.
Sec. 49. SCHOOL PHYSICALS — TEMPORARY PROVISIONS. For
the period beginning on the effective date of this division of
this Act through December 31, 2020, a student participating
in interscholastic athletics who presents to the student’s
superintendent a certificate signed on or after July 1, 2019,
by a licensed physician or surgeon, osteopathic physician
or surgeon, chiropractor, physician assistant, or advanced
registered nurse practitioner, to the effect that the
student has been examined and may safely engage in athletic
competition, shall be deemed to have complied with the
regulatory provisions of 281 IAC 36.14(1).
Sec. 50. SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS — TEMPORARY PROVISIONS. For
the period beginning on the effective date of this division
of this Act through December 31, 2020, notwithstanding the
provisions of chapters 490, 491, 499, and 501A requiring an
in-person meeting of shareholders, policyholders, or members,
an in-person meeting of shareholders, policyholders, or members
shall not be required if the meeting is held by means of remote
communication and provides shareholders, policyholders, or
members a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting
and to vote on matters submitted for action at such meeting,
including an opportunity to communicate and to read or hear the
proceedings of the meeting, substantially concurrent with the
occurrence of such meeting.
Sec. 51. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
-17-deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2627, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2020______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorss/rh/md