Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

1. The Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances is established at the university of northern Iowa. The university of northern Iowa, in cooperation with the department of natural resources, shall develop and implement…

The university shall use no more than twenty percent of the funds allocated to the university for the Iowa academy of science for administrative purposes for the Iowa academy of science or for publication of the Iowa academy of science journal. The university shall expend the rem…

The state hospital located at Oakdale shall be known as the Oakdale campus. [S13, §2727-a75; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3385; C46, §220.1; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §271.1 ]

The Oakdale campus shall serve as an extension of the university of Iowa’s main campus in Iowa City. The Oakdale campus shall serve the university’s mission, including being the location for the state hygienic laboratory, the university of Iowa research park, and various other re…

The state board of regents shall have full power to manage, control, and govern the Oakdale campus in the same manner as other institutions under its control. [C66, 71, 73, 75, §271.20; C77, 79, 81, §271.3 ]

Oakdale campus authorities may provide for treatment of such patients as they deem advisable and for which facilities and services are available. Except for patients admitted who are patients referred from the university hospitals, the Oakdale campus shall collect from the patien…

Physicians and dentists who care for patients on the Oakdale campus may charge for their professional services under such rules and plans as may be approved by the state board of regents. [C66, 71, 73, 75, §271.18; C77, 79, 81, §271.5 ]

The authorities of the Oakdale campus may authorize patients for admission to the hospital on the Oakdale campus who are referred from the university hospitals and who shall retain the same status, classification, and authorization for care which they had at the university hospit…

The interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: 1. Article I — Purpose, findings, and policy. a. The states party to this agreement…

The designated state official for this state, within the meaning of section 272A.1 , article II, paragraph “b” , of the interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel, shall be the executive director of the board of educational examiners. The executive director sh…

True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state pursuant to the interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel shall be kept on file by the board of educational examiners and in the office of the secretary of state. The board of educational examiners sha…

The compact for education is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: 1. Article I — Purpose and policy. a. It is the purpose of this compact to: (1) Establish and maintain close cooperation and…

Article III, paragraph “a” , of the compact for education established in section 272B.1 notwithstanding, the members of the education commission of the states representing this state consist of the governor, two nonlegislative members appointed by the governor, two members of the…

Pursuant to article III, paragraph “i” , of the compact for education established in section 272B.1 , the commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the governor. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §272B.3 ] 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201

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…

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. Professi…

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 i…

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 if all of the f…

1. A licensing board, agency, or department shall expedite the application for an occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration, including a license, certificate, or registration issued by the board of educational examiners, by a person who is licensed in a p…

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 registratio…

1. 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 …

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except for chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3 , 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 …

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 submi…

1. Each licensing board may require and issue rules for continuing education requirements as a condition to license renewal. 2. The rules may create continuing education requirements at a minimum level prescribed by each licensing board. These boards may also establish continuing…

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 sciences…

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 t…

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 chapter 153 who has prescribed opioids to a patient duri…

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 adm…

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. Est…

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 desi…

1. Disciplinary hearings held pursuant to this chapter shall be heard by the board sitting as the hearing panel, or by an administrative law judge, 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 …

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 bo…

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 filing a r…

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 physici…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Certificate of noncompliance” means a document provided by the unit certifying that the named person has outstanding liability placed with the unit and has not entered into an approved payment plan to pay the li…

1. Notwithstanding other statutory provisions to the contrary, the unit may utilize the process established in this chapter to collect liabilities placed with the unit. 2. Actions initiated by the unit under this chapter shall not be subject to contested case proceedings or furth…

The unit shall proceed in accordance with this chapter only if the unit sends a notice to the person by regular mail to the last known address of the person. The notice shall include all of the following: 1. The address and telephone number of the unit and the person’s unit accou…

1. The person may schedule a conference with the unit following mailing of the notice pursuant to section 272D.3 , or at any time after service of notice of suspension, revocation, denial of issuance, or nonrenewal of a license from a licensing authority, to challenge the unit’s …

1. The obligor and the unit may enter into a written agreement for payment of the liability owed which takes into consideration the obligor’s ability to pay and other criteria established by rule of the department of revenue. The written agreement shall include all of the followi…

1. If the unit mails a notice to a person pursuant to section 272D.3 , and the person requests a conference pursuant to section 272D.4 , the unit shall issue a written decision if any of the following conditions exist: a. The person fails to appear at a scheduled conference under…

1. If a person fails to respond to a notice of potential license sanction provided pursuant to section 272D.3 or the unit issues a written decision under section 272D.6 which states that the person is not in compliance, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance to any a…

1. A licensing authority shall maintain records of licensees by name, current known address, and social security number. The records shall be made available to the unit in an electronic format in order for the unit to match the names of the persons with any liability placed with …

1. Following the issuance of a written decision by the unit under section 272D.6 which includes the issuance of a certificate of noncompliance, or following provision of notice to the person by a licensing authority pursuant to section 272D.8 , a person may seek review of the dec…

It is the intent of the general assembly to provide an effective, efficient, and economical means of identifying and serving children from under five years of age through grade twelve who require special education and any other children requiring special education as defined in s…

1. The department of education shall develop, in consultation with the area education agencies, and establish an accreditation process for area education agencies by July 1, 1997. At a minimum, the accreditation process shall consist of the following: a. The timely submission by …

1. The state board of education, in consultation with the division of special education of the department of education, shall develop standards and rules for the accreditation of area education agencies. Standards shall be general in nature, but at a minimum shall identify requir…