Iowa HSB546 modifies continuing education requirements for licensed professions, ensuring they relate directly to practice and exempting certain.

Iowa HSB546 amends continuing education requirements for licensed professions, including those overseen by the board of education or the supreme court. The bill mandates that any continuing education requirement must directly relate to the practice of the licensed profession. It exempts practitioners with at least ten years of experience and a master’s or doctoral degree from renewal requirements, unless they hold an evaluator approval endorsement, which must be renewed every ten years.

Iowa HSB546 modifies continuing education requirements for licensed professions, ensuring they relate directly to practice and exempting certain.

Iowa HSB546 amends continuing education requirements for licensed professions, including those overseen by the board of education or the supreme court. The bill mandates that any continuing education requirement must directly relate to the practice of the licensed profession. It exempts practitioners with at least ten years of experience and a master’s or doctoral degree from renewal requirements, unless they hold an evaluator approval endorsement, which must be renewed every ten years.