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HOUSE
FILE
2545
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
650)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
2184
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
licenses
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
1
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
and
administrative
2
medicine
licenses.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
148.3,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
An
applicant
for
a
license
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
3
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
,
or
the
applicant’s
4
designee,
shall
present
to
the
board
all
of
the
following:
5
Sec.
2.
Section
148.3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
6
following
new
subsections:
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
8
chapter
17A
to
set
the
term
of
a
license
to
practice
medicine
9
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
but
shall
not
10
require
a
license
to
be
renewed
more
often
than
once
every
11
three
years.
A
license
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
12
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
shall
expire
on
the
licensee’s
13
birthday.
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
The
board
shall
not
require
a
licensee
15
to
complete
more
than
fifteen
hours
of
continuing
education
16
credits
per
calendar
year
to
maintain
a
license
to
practice
17
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery.
18
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
The
board
shall
issue
a
final
decision
19
of
an
application
for
a
license
to
practice
medicine
and
20
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
within
forty-five
21
calendar
days
of
receipt
of
the
application,
unless
the
board
22
notifies
the
applicant
or
the
applicant’s
designee,
and,
if
23
applicable,
the
applicant’s
employer,
of
specific
concerns
24
that
are
delaying
the
final
review
of
the
application.
In
no
25
event
shall
the
board
fail
to
issue
a
final
decision
on
an
26
application
within
seventy-five
calendar
days
of
receipt
of
all
27
necessary
documentation
from
the
applicant
or
the
applicant’s
28
designee.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
148.11A,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
30
to
read
as
follows:
31
2.
a.
An
application
for
an
administrative
medicine
license
32
shall
be
made
to
the
board.
An
applicant
for
an
administrative
33
medicine
license
shall
meet
all
of
the
requirements
established
34
in
section
148.3
and
any
additional
requirements
established
by
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the
board
by
rule.
The
board
shall
also
adopt
rules
governing
1
the
initial
issuance
and
renewal
of
administrative
medicine
2
licenses
and
establishing
fees
therefor.
All
license
and
3
renewal
fees
shall
be
paid
to
the
board.
4
b.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
5
to
set
the
term
of
an
administrative
medicine
license,
but
6
shall
not
require
an
administrative
license
to
be
renewed
more
7
often
than
once
every
three
years.
An
administrative
medicine
8
license
shall
expire
on
the
licensee’s
birthday.
9
c.
The
board
shall
not
require
a
licensee
to
complete
more
10
than
fifteen
hours
of
continuing
education
credits
per
calendar
11
year
to
maintain
an
administrative
medicine
license.
12
d.
The
board
shall
issue
a
final
decision
on
an
application
13
for
an
administrative
medicine
license
within
forty-five
14
calendar
days
of
receipt
of
the
application,
unless
the
board
15
notifies
the
applicant
or
the
applicant’s
designee
and,
if
16
applicable,
the
applicant’s
employer,
of
specific
concerns
17
that
are
delaying
the
final
review
of
the
application.
In
no
18
event
shall
the
board
fail
to
issue
a
final
decision
on
an
19
application
within
seventy-five
calendar
days
of
receipt
of
all
20
necessary
documentation
from
the
applicant
or
the
applicant’s
21
designee.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
licenses
to
practice
medicine
and
26
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
and
administrative
27
medicine
licenses
(license).
The
bill
allows
an
applicant
for
28
a
license
to
designate
a
person
to
submit
application
materials
29
on
the
applicant’s
behalf.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
30
medicine
(board)
to
adopt
rules
setting
the
term
of
a
license
31
at
not
less
than
three
years,
and
requires
a
license
to
expire
32
on
the
birthday
of
a
licensee.
The
bill
prohibits
the
board
33
from
requiring
a
person
to
complete
more
than
15
hours
of
34
continuing
education
credits
per
year
to
maintain
a
license.
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The
bill
requires
the
board
to
issue
a
final
decision
on
an
1
application
for
a
license
within
45
calendar
days
of
receipt
2
of
the
application,
or
75
calendar
days
of
receipt
of
all
3
necessary
documentation
from
the
applicant
or
the
applicant’s
4
designee
if
the
board
informs
the
applicant
or
the
applicant’s
5
designee
and
the
applicant’s
employer,
if
applicable,
that
6
there
are
specific
concerns
that
are
delaying
the
final
review
7
of
the
application.
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