Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-30.6 - Continuing education exemptions
(1)
Automatic exemptions. A
licensee shall be exempt from the continuing education requirement during the
continuing education compliance period when that person:
a. Served honorably on active duty in the
military service; or
b. Resided in
another state or district having continuing education requirements for the
discipline and met all requirements of that state or district for practice
therein; or
c. Was a government
employee working in the licensee 's specialty and assigned to duty outside the
United States; or
d. Was absent
from the state but engaged in active practice under circumstances which are
approved by the board ; or
e.
Obtained a journeyperson license by examination provided that the licensee
maintains the same renewal date as the licensee's apprentice license . This
automatic exemption shall only apply to the licensee's first renewal of the
journeyperson license .
f. Obtained
a specialty, journeyperson, or master license with less than one year remaining
in the continuing education compliance period. This exemption shall apply only
to the licensee's first renewal of that license and only to each license that
was issued with less than one year remaining in the continuing education
compliance period.
g. Possesses an
inactive specialty license under 641-subrule 23.8(3) and is also actively
licensed as an apprentice.
(2)
Permissive exemptions.
The board may, in cases involving exceptional hardship or extenuating
circumstances, grant an exemption from some or all of the continuing education
requirements.
a. A licensee seeking a
permissive exemption shall apply to the board, in such form as the board may
prescribe.
b. A licensee seeking a
permissive exemption shall be required to provide all such documentary evidence
as the board may request to establish the exceptional hardship or extenuating
circumstances.
c. In the event of a
claimed physical or mental disability or illness, the board may request
information from a licensed health care professional who can attest to the
existence of any such disability or illness.
d. A licensee who applies for a permissive
exemption shall be notified in writing of the board's decision.
e. In granting an exemption, the board may
impose any such additional conditions on the exemption including, but not
limited to, the requirement that the licensee make up a portion of the
continuing education requirements.
f. In lieu of granting a full or partial
exemption, the board may grant the licensee an extension of time in which to
complete the continuing education requirements.
g. The granting of an exemption shall not
prohibit a licensee from seeking, or the board from granting, an exemption in a
subsequent biennial continuing education compliance period(s).
h. Permissive exemptions shall only be
granted in the most exceptional and extraordinary of circumstances.
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