Senate File 424 - Enrolled
Senate File 424
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF PERSONS COMPLETING AN
APPRENTICESHIP, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 272C.16 Apprenticeships ——
2 licensure.
3 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
4 except as provided in chapters 100C, 100D, 103, and 105,
5 beginning on the effective date of this Act, a board shall
6 grant a license to a person who completes an apprenticeship
7 program in the relevant occupation or profession and submits an
8 application pursuant to this section.
9 2. A board may require an applicant to pass an examination
10 prior to licensure if the board requires an applicant who
11 has completed an educational program to pass an examination
12 prior to licensure. A board shall not require an applicant
13 to receive a higher score on the examination than the score
14 required of an applicant who completes an educational program.
15 3. A board may require an applicant to pay a licensing
16 fee if the board requires an applicant who has completed an
17 educational program to pay a licensing fee. A board shall not
18 impose a licensing fee greater than the licensing fee imposed
19 on an applicant who completes an educational program.
20 4. A board shall not require an applicant to complete an
21 apprenticeship program of a greater duration than is required
22 by federal law for that program.
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23 5. For the purposes of this section, “apprenticeship
24 program” means the same as defined in section 15B.2.
25 6. a. A board shall adopt rules to implement this section
26 upon receipt of a petition for rulemaking submitted pursuant
27 to section 17A.7.
28 b. A board shall not grant a license pursuant to this
29 section prior to the effective date of rules adopted by the
30 board to implement this section.
31 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1,
32 2022.
______________________________ ______________________________
JAKE CHAPMAN PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 424, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor