272C.1 Definitions. 1. “Continuing education” means that education which is obtained by a professional or occupational licensee in order to maintain, improve, or expand skills and knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure or to develop new and relevant skills and knowledge. This education may be obtained through formal or informal education practices, self-study, research, and […]
272C.10 Rules for revocation or suspension of license. A licensing board established after January 1, 1978, and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall by rule include provisions for the revocation or suspension of a license which shall include but is not limited to the following: 1. Fraud in procuring a license. 2. Professional […]
272C.11 Insurers of professional and occupational licensees — reports. Insurance carriers which insure professional and occupational licensees for acts or omissions that constitute negligence, careless acts, or omissions in the practice of a profession or occupation shall file reports with the appropriate licensing board. The reports shall include information pertaining to any lawsuit filed against […]
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 […]
272C.13 Educational requirements — work experience. 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 […]
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. 2020 Acts, […]
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 […]
272C.16 Apprenticeships — licensure. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except as provided in chapters 100C, 100D, 103, and 105, beginning on January 1, 2022, a board shall grant a license to a person who completes an apprenticeship program in the relevant occupation or profession and submits an application pursuant to this […]
272C.2 Continuing education required. 1. Each licensing board shall require and issue rules for continuing education requirements as a condition to license renewal. 2. The rules shall create continuing education requirements at a minimum level prescribed by each licensing board. These boards may also establish continuing education programs to assist a licensee in meeting such […]
272C.2A Continuing education minimum requirements — cosmetology arts and sciences. The board of cosmetology arts and sciences created pursuant to chapter 147 shall require as a condition of license renewal a minimum of six hours of continuing education in the two years immediately prior to a licensee’s license renewal. The board of cosmetology arts and […]
272C.2B Continuing education minimum requirements — mortuary science. 1. The board of mortuary science, created pursuant to chapter 147, shall require, as a condition of license renewal, a minimum number of hours of continuing education in the two years immediately prior to a licensee’s license renewal as prescribed by rule. 2. A person licensed to […]
272C.2C Continuing education minimum requirements — medicine and surgery and osteopathic medicine and surgery, nursing, dentistry, podiatry, and physician assistants. 1. The board of medicine, board of dentistry, board of physician assistants, board of podiatry, and board of nursing shall establish rules requiring a person licensed pursuant to section 148.3, 148C.3, 149.3, or 152.6 or […]
272C.3 Authority of licensing boards. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, each licensing board shall have the powers to: a. Administer and enforce the laws and administrative rules provided for in this chapter and any other statute to which the licensing board is subject. b. Adopt and enforce administrative rules which provide for […]
272C.4 Duties of board. Each licensing board shall have the following duties in addition to other duties specified by this chapter or elsewhere in the Code: 1. Establish procedures by which complaints which relate to licensure or to licensee discipline shall be received and reviewed by the board. 2. Establish procedures by which disputes between […]
272C.5 Licensee disciplinary procedure — rulemaking delegation. 1. Each licensing board may establish by rule licensee disciplinary procedures. Each licensing board may impose licensee discipline under these procedures. 2. Rules promulgated under subsection 1 of this section: a. Shall comply with the provisions of chapter 17A. b. Shall designate who may or shall initiate a […]
272C.6 Hearings — power of subpoena — decisions. 1. Disciplinary hearings held pursuant to this chapter shall be heard by the board sitting as the hearing panel, or by a panel of not less than three board members who are licensed in the profession, or by a panel of not less than three members appointed […]
272C.7 Executive secretary and personnel. 1. As an alternative to authority contained elsewhere in this chapter, a licensing board may employ within the limits of available funds an executive secretary, one or more inspectors, and such clerical personnel as may be necessary for the administration of the duties of the board. Employees of the board […]
272C.8 Immunities. 1. a. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of the person’s acts, omissions, or decisions in good faith as a member of a licensing board or as an employee or agent in connection with the person’s duties. b. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of […]
272C.9 Duties of licensees. 1. Each licensee of a licensing board, as a condition of licensure, is under a duty to submit to a physical, mental, or clinical competency examination when directed in writing by the board for cause. All objections shall be waived as to the admissibility of the examining physician’s testimony or reports […]
