Iowa Code § 272C.12 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 272C / Section 272C.12
Licensure of persons licensed in other jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

(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 following conditions are met:

(1) (a) The person is currently licensed, certified, or registered by at least one other issuing jurisdiction in the occupation or profession applied for with a substantially similar scope of practice and the license, certificate, or registration is in good standing in all issuing jurisdictions in which the person holds a license, certificate, or registration.

(1) (b) For a license issued pursuant to chapter 103 or 105, the person has established residency in this state or is married to an active duty member of the military forces of the United States and is accompanying the member on an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state.

(1) (c) When the person was licensed by the issuing jurisdiction, the issuing jurisdiction imposed minimum educational requirements and, if applicable, work experience and clinical supervision requirements, and the issuing jurisdiction verifies that the person met those requirements in order to be licensed in that issuing jurisdiction.

(1) (d) The person previously passed an examination required by the other issuing jurisdiction for licensure, certification, or registration, if applicable.

(1) (e) The person has not had a license, certificate, or registration revoked and has not voluntarily surrendered a license, certificate, or registration in any other issuing jurisdiction or country while under investigation for unprofessional conduct.

(1) (f) The person has not had discipline imposed by any other regulating entity in this state or another issuing jurisdiction or country. If another jurisdiction has taken disciplinary action against the person, the appropriate licensing board shall determine if the cause for the action was corrected and the matter resolved. If the licensing board determines that the matter has not been resolved by the jurisdiction imposing discipline, the licensing board shall not issue or deny a license, certificate, or registration to the person until the matter is resolved.

(1) (g) The person does not have a complaint, allegation, or investigation pending before any regulating entity in another issuing jurisdiction or country that relates to unprofessional conduct. If the person has any complaints, allegations, or investigations pending, the appropriate licensing board shall not issue or deny a license, certificate, or registration to the person until the complaint, allegation, or investigation is resolved.

(1) (h) The person pays all applicable fees.

(1) (i) The person does not have a criminal history that would prevent the person from holding the license, certificate, or registration applied for in this state.

(2) A person licensed pursuant to this section is subject to the laws regulating the person’s practice in this state and is subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate licensing board.

(3) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(3) (a) The ability of a licensing board, agency, or department to require the submission of fingerprints or completion of a criminal history check.

(3) (b) Criteria for a license, certificate, or registration that is established by an interstate compact.

(3) (c) The ability of a licensing board, agency, or department to require a person to take and pass an examination specific to the laws of this state prior to issuing a license. A licensing board, agency, or department that requires an applicant to take and pass an examination specific to the laws of this state shall issue an applicant a temporary license that is valid for a period of three months and may be renewed once for an additional period of three months.

(3) (d) A license issued by the department of transportation.

(3) (e) A person who is licensed by another issuing jurisdiction and may be granted a privilege to practice in this state by another provision of law without receiving a license in this state.

(3) (f) A person applying for a license through a national licensing organization.

(4) A license, certificate, or registration issued pursuant to this section does not grant the person receiving the license, certificate, or registration eligibility to practice pursuant to an interstate compact. A licensing board shall determine eligibility for a person to hold a license, certificate, or registration pursuant to this section regardless of the person’s eligibility to practice pursuant to an interstate compact.

(5) For the purposes of this section, “issuing jurisdiction” means the duly constituted authority in another state that has issued a professional license, certificate, or registration to a person.

2020 Acts, ch 1103, §26, 31; 2022 Acts, ch 1134, §18 – 20