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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.2A - Continuing education minimum requirements — cosmetology arts and sciences.

272C.2A Continuing education minimum requirements — cosmetology arts and sciences.
The board of cosmetology arts and sciences created pursuant to chapter 147 shall require as a condition of license renewal a minimum of six hours of continuing education in the two years immediately prior to a licensee’s license renewal. The board of cosmetology arts and sciences may notify cosmetology arts and sciences licensees on a quarterly basis regarding continuing education opportunities.
88 Acts, ch 1274, §40
C89, §258A.2A
92 Acts, ch 1205, §24
C93, §272C.2A
2007 Acts, ch 10, §173; 2015 Acts, ch 63, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.2B - Continuing education minimum requirements — mortuary science.

272C.2B Continuing education minimum requirements — mortuary science.
1. The board of mortuary science, created pursuant to chapter 147, shall require, as a condition of license renewal, a minimum number of hours of continuing education in the two years immediately prior to a licensee’s license renewal as prescribed by rule.
2. A person licensed to practice mortuary science in this state shall be deemed to have complied with the continuing education requirements of this state during periods that the person serves honorably on active duty in the military services, or for periods that the person is a government employee working in the person’s licensed specialty and assigned to duty outside of the United States, or for other periods of active practice and absence from the state approved by the board of mortuary science.
2010 Acts, ch 1067, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.2C - Continuing education minimum requirements — medicine and surgery and osteopathic medicine and surgery, nursing, dentistry, podiatry, and physician assistants.

272C.2C Continuing education minimum requirements — medicine and surgery and osteopathic medicine and surgery, nursing, dentistry, podiatry, and physician assistants.
1. The board of medicine, board of dentistry, board of physician assistants, board of podiatry, and board of nursing shall establish rules requiring a person licensed pursuant to section 148.3, 148C.3, 149.3, or 152.6 or chapter 153 who has prescribed opioids to a patient during the previous licensure cycle to receive continuing education credits regarding the United States centers for disease control and prevention guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain, including recommendations on limitations on dosages and the length of prescriptions, risk factors for abuse, and nonopioid and nonpharmacologic therapy options, as a condition of license renewal. Each licensing board shall have the authority to determine how often a licensee must receive continuing education credits.
2. The rules established pursuant to this section shall include the option for a licensee to attest as part of the license renewal process that the licensee is not subject to the requirement to receive continuing education credits pursuant to this section, due to the fact that the licensee did not prescribe opioids to a patient during the previous licensure cycle.
2018 Acts, ch 1138, §22
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.5 - Licensee disciplinary procedure — rulemaking delegation.

272C.5 Licensee disciplinary procedure — rulemaking delegation.
1. Each licensing board may establish by rule licensee disciplinary procedures. Each licensing board may impose licensee discipline under these procedures.
2. Rules promulgated under subsection 1 of this section:
a. Shall comply with the provisions of chapter 17A.
b. Shall designate who may or shall initiate a licensee disciplinary investigation and a licensee disciplinary proceeding, and who shall prosecute a disciplinary proceeding and under what conditions, and shall state the procedures for review by the licensing board of findings of fact if a majority of the licensing board does not hear the disciplinary proceeding.
c. Shall state whether the procedures are an alternative to or an addition to the procedures stated in sections 100D.5, 105.23, 105.24, 148.6 through 148.9, 152.10, 152.11, 153.33, 154A.23, 542.11, 542B.22, 543B.35, 543B.36, and 544B.16.
d. Shall specify methods by which the final decisions of the board relating to disciplinary proceedings shall be published.
[C79, 81, §258A.5]
87 Acts, ch 215, §45
C93, §272C.5
2000 Acts, ch 1008, §12; 2001 Acts, ch 55, §28, 38; 2002 Acts, ch 1108, §27; 2007 Acts, ch 198, §34; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §116; 2008 Acts, ch 1089, §10, 12; 2008 Acts, ch 1094, §17, 18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.7 - Executive secretary and personnel.

272C.7 Executive secretary and personnel.
1. As an alternative to authority contained elsewhere in this chapter, a licensing board may employ within the limits of available funds an executive secretary, one or more inspectors, and such clerical personnel as may be necessary for the administration of the duties of the board. Employees of the board shall be employed subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV. The qualifications of the executive secretary shall be determined by the board.
2. All employees of a licensing board shall be reimbursed subject to the rules of the director of the department of administrative services for their expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. All reimbursements shall constitute costs of sustaining the board.
3. Licensees appointed to serve on a hearing panel pursuant to section 272C.6, subsection 2, shall be compensated at the rate specified in section 7E.6 for each day of actual duty, and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of duties.
4. Salaries, per diem, and expenses incurred in the performance of official duties of the board or its employees shall be paid from funds appropriated by the general assembly.
[C79, 81, §258A.7]
90 Acts, ch 1256, §43
C93, §272C.7
2003 Acts, ch 145, §233, 286
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.8 - Immunities.

272C.8 Immunities.
1. a. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of the person’s acts, omissions, or decisions in good faith as a member of a licensing board or as an employee or agent in connection with the person’s duties.
b. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of filing a report or complaint with a licensing board or peer review committee, or for the disclosure to a licensing board or its agents or employees, whether or not pursuant to a subpoena of records, documents, testimony, or other forms of information which constitute privileged matter concerning a recipient of health care services or some other person, in connection with proceedings of a peer review committee, or in connection with duties of a health care board. However, such immunity from civil liability shall not apply if such act is done with malice.
c. A person shall not be dismissed from employment, and shall not be discriminated against by an employer because the person filed a complaint with a licensing board or peer review committee, or because the person participated as a member, agent, or employee of a licensing board or peer review committee, or presented testimony or other evidence to a licensing board or peer review committee.
2. Any employer who violates the terms of this section shall be liable to any person aggrieved for actual and punitive damages plus reasonable attorney fees.
[C79, 81, §258A.8]
C93, §272C.8
2010 Acts, ch 1069, §74
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.9 - Duties of licensees.

272C.9 Duties of licensees.
1. Each licensee of a licensing board, as a condition of licensure, is under a duty to submit to a physical, mental, or clinical competency examination when directed in writing by the board for cause. All objections shall be waived as to the admissibility of the examining physician’s testimony or reports on the grounds of privileged communications. The medical testimony or report shall not be used against the licensee in any proceeding other than one relating to licensee discipline by the board, or one commenced in district court for revocation of the licensee’s privileges. The licensing board, upon probable cause, shall have the authority to order a physical, mental, or clinical competency examination, and upon refusal of the licensee to submit to the examination the licensing board may order that the allegations pursuant to which the order of physical, mental, or clinical competency examination was made shall be taken to be established.
2. A licensee has a continuing duty to report to the licensing board by whom the person is licensed those acts or omissions specified by rule of the board pursuant to section 272C.4, subsection 6, when committed by another person licensed by the same licensing board. This subsection does not apply to licensees under chapter 542 when the observations are a result of participation in programs of practice review, peer review and quality review conducted by professional organizations of certified public accountants, for educational purposes and approved by the accountancy examining board.
3. A licensee shall have a continuing duty and obligation, as a condition of licensure, to report to the licensing board by which the licensee is licensed every adverse judgment in a professional or occupational malpractice action to which the licensee is a party, and every settlement of a claim against the licensee alleging malpractice.
4. A licensee who willfully fails to comply with subsection 2 or 3 of this section commits a violation of this chapter for which licensee discipline may be imposed.
[C79, 81, §258A.9; 81 Acts, ch 84, §1]
C93, §272C.9
2001 Acts, ch 55, §30, 38; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §36
Referred to in §135P.4, 272C.4, 543E.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.10 - Rules for revocation or suspension of license.

272C.10 Rules for revocation or suspension of license.
A licensing board established after January 1, 1978, and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall by rule include provisions for the revocation or suspension of a license which shall include but is not limited to the following:
1. Fraud in procuring a license.
2. Professional incompetency.
3. Knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in the practice of the licensee’s profession or engaging in unethical conduct or practice harmful or detrimental to the public. Proof of actual injury need not be established.
4. Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs.
5. Conviction of a felony offense, if the offense directly relates to the profession or occupation of the licensee, in the courts of this state or another state, territory, or country. Conviction as used in this subsection includes a conviction of an offense which if committed in this state would be a felony without regard to its designation elsewhere, and includes a finding or verdict of guilt made or returned in a criminal proceeding even if the adjudication of guilt is withheld or not entered. A certified copy of the final order or judgment of conviction or plea of guilty in this state or in another state constitutes conclusive evidence of the conviction.
6. Fraud in representations as to skill or ability.
7. Use of untruthful or improbable statements in advertisements.
8. Willful or repeated violations of the provisions of this chapter.
[C79, 81, §258A.10]
C93, §272C.10
2020 Acts, ch 1103, §25, 31
Referred to in §152D.6, 156.9, 272C.3, 542.10, 543E.17
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.11 - Insurers of professional and occupational licensees — reports.

272C.11 Insurers of professional and occupational licensees — reports.
Insurance carriers which insure professional and occupational licensees for acts or omissions that constitute negligence, careless acts, or omissions in the practice of a profession or occupation shall file reports with the appropriate licensing board. The reports shall include information pertaining to any lawsuit filed against a licensee which may affect the licensee as defined by rule, involving an insured of the insurer.
2010 Acts, ch 1069, §38
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.12A - Licensure of military spouses and veterans.

272C.12A Licensure of military spouses and veterans.
1. A licensing board, agency, or department shall expedite the application for an occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration, including a license, certificate, or registration issued by the board of educational examiners, by a person who is licensed in a profession or occupation with a similar scope of practice in another state and who is married to an active duty member of the military forces of the United States or is a veteran, as defined in section 35.1.
2. a. If the licensing board, agency, or department determines that the applicant does not qualify for licensure pursuant to section 272C.12 because the person is not licensed, certified, or registered in an occupation or profession with a substantially similar scope of practice, the licensing board, agency, or department shall issue a temporary license to the applicant for a period of time deemed necessary by the board, agency, or department for the applicant to complete education or training substantially similar to the education or training required for the issuance of the occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration required of this state.
b. The licensing board, agency, or department shall advise the applicant of the required education or training necessary to obtain a professional license, certificate, or registration in this state.
3. After an applicant submits records of completing the requirements identified in subsection 2, the licensing board, agency, or department shall issue an occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration to the applicant.
4. A licensing board, agency, or department shall adopt rules to provide credit toward qualifications for licensure to practice an occupation or profession in this state for education, training, and service obtained or completed by a person while serving honorably on federal active duty, state active duty, or national guard duty, as defined in section 29A.1, to the extent consistent with the qualifications required by the appropriate licensing board, agency, or department. The rules shall also provide credit toward qualifications for initial licensure for education, training, or service obtained or completed by a person while serving honorably in the military forces of another state or the organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States, to the extent consistent with the qualifications required by the appropriate licensing board, agency, or department.
5. A licensing board, agency, or department shall annually file a report with the governor and the general assembly providing information and statistics on licenses and temporary licenses issued under this section and information and statistics on credit received by individuals for education, training, and service pursuant to subsection 4.
2022 Acts, ch 1134, §21
NEW section
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.13 - Educational requirements — work experience.

272C.13 Educational requirements — work experience.
1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person applying for a professional or occupational license, certificate, or registration in this state who relocates to this state from another state that did not require a professional or occupational license, certificate, or registration to practice the person’s profession or occupation may be considered to have met any education, training, or work experience requirements imposed by a licensing board in this state if the person has three or more years of related work experience with a substantially similar scope of practice within the four years preceding the date of application as determined by the board.
2. This section does not apply to a license, certificate, or registration issued by the board of medicine, the board of nursing, the dental board, the board of pharmacy, or the board of educational examiners.
3. If this Code or administrative rules require a person applying for a professional or occupational license, certificate, or registration in this state to pass an examination to obtain the license, certificate, or registration, a person applying for licensure, certification, or registration under this section shall be required to pass the same examination.
2020 Acts, ch 1103, §27, 31
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.14 - Waiver of fees.

272C.14 Waiver of fees.
1. A licensing board, agency, or department shall waive any fee charged to an applicant for a license if the applicant’s household income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty income guidelines and the applicant is applying for the license for the first time in this state.
2. A licensing board, agency, or department shall waive an initial application fee and one renewal fee for an applicant that has been honorably or generally discharged from federal active duty or national guard duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, that would otherwise be charged within five years of the discharge.
2020 Acts, ch 1103, §28, 31; 2022 Acts, ch 1134, §22; 2022 Acts, ch 1149, §24
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272C - REGULATION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Section 272C.16 - Apprenticeships — licensure.

272C.16 Apprenticeships — licensure.
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except as provided in chapters 100C, 100D, 103, and 105, beginning on January 1, 2022, a board shall grant a license to a person who completes an apprenticeship program in the relevant occupation or profession and submits an application pursuant to this section.
2. A board may require an applicant to pass an examination prior to licensure if the board requires an applicant who has completed an educational program to pass an examination prior to licensure. A board shall not require an applicant to receive a higher score on the examination than the score required of an applicant who completes an educational program.
3. A board may require an applicant to pay a licensing fee if the board requires an applicant who has completed an educational program to pay a licensing fee. A board shall not impose a licensing fee greater than the licensing fee imposed on an applicant who completes an educational program.
4. A board shall not require an applicant to complete an apprenticeship program of a greater duration than is required by federal law for that program.
5. For the purposes of this section, “apprenticeship program” means the same as defined in section 15B.2.
6. a. A board shall adopt rules to implement this section upon receipt of a petition for rulemaking submitted pursuant to section 17A.7.
b. A board shall not grant a license pursuant to this section prior to the effective date of rules adopted by the board to implement this section.
2021 Acts, ch 115, §1, 2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.1 - Definitions.

272D.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Certificate of noncompliance” means a document provided by the unit certifying that the named person has outstanding liability placed with the unit and has not entered into an approved payment plan to pay the liability.
2. “Liability” means a debt or obligation placed with the unit for collection that is greater than one thousand dollars. For purposes of this chapter “liability” does not include support payments collected pursuant to chapter 252J.
3. “License” means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval, renewal, or other similar authorization issued to a person by a licensing authority which evidences the admission to, or granting of authority to engage in, a profession, occupation, business, industry, or recreation. “License” includes licenses for hunting and fishing, or other recreational activity.
4. “Licensee” means a person to whom a license has been issued, or who is seeking the issuance of a license.
5. “Licensing authority” means the supreme court, or an instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer, organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the renewal or issuance of a license authorizing a person to engage in a business, occupation, profession, recreation, or industry.
6. “Obligor” means a person with a liability placed with the unit.
7. “Person” means a licensee.
8. “Unit” means the centralized collection unit of the department of revenue.
9. “Withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance” means a document provided by the unit certifying that the certificate of noncompliance is withdrawn and that the licensing authority may proceed with issuance, reinstatement, or renewal of the person’s license.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §107
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.2 - Purpose and use.

272D.2 Purpose and use.
1. Notwithstanding other statutory provisions to the contrary, the unit may utilize the process established in this chapter to collect liabilities placed with the unit.
2. Actions initiated by the unit under this chapter shall not be subject to contested case proceedings or further review pursuant to chapter 17A and any resulting court hearing shall be an original hearing before the district court.
3. Notwithstanding chapter 22, all of the following apply:
a. Information obtained by the unit under this chapter shall be used solely for the purposes of this chapter.
b. Information obtained by a licensing authority under this chapter shall be used solely for the purposes of this chapter.
4. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, information shall be exchanged by a licensing authority and the unit to effectuate this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.3 - Notice to person of potential sanction of license.

272D.3 Notice to person of potential sanction of license.
The unit shall proceed in accordance with this chapter only if the unit sends a notice to the person by regular mail to the last known address of the person. The notice shall include all of the following:
1. The address and telephone number of the unit and the person’s unit account number.
2. A statement that the person may request a conference with the unit to contest the action.
3. A statement that if, within twenty days of mailing of the notice to the person, the person fails to contact the unit to schedule a conference, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance, bearing the person’s name, social security number, and unit account number, to any appropriate licensing authority, certifying that the obligor has an outstanding liability placed with the unit.
4. A statement that in order to stay the issuance of a certificate of noncompliance the request for a conference shall be in writing and shall be received by the unit within twenty days of mailing of the notice to the person.
5. The names of the licensing authorities to which the unit intends to issue a certificate of noncompliance.
6. A statement that if the unit issues a certificate of noncompliance to an appropriate licensing authority, the licensing authority shall initiate proceedings to refuse to issue or renew, or to suspend or revoke the person’s license, unless the unit provides the licensing authority with a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §9
Referred to in §272D.4, 272D.6, 272D.7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.4 - Conference.

272D.4 Conference.
1. The person may schedule a conference with the unit following mailing of the notice pursuant to section 272D.3, or at any time after service of notice of suspension, revocation, denial of issuance, or nonrenewal of a license from a licensing authority, to challenge the unit’s actions under this chapter.
2. The request for a conference shall be made to the unit in writing and, if requested after mailing of the notice pursuant to section 272D.3, shall be received by the unit within twenty days following mailing of the notice.
3. The unit shall notify the person of the date, time, and location of the conference by regular mail, with the date of the conference to be no earlier than ten days following issuance of notice of the conference by the unit. If the person fails to appear at the conference, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance.
4. Following the conference, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance unless any of the following applies:
a. The unit finds a mistake in the identity of the person.
b. The unit finds a mistake in determining the amount of the liability.
c. The unit determines the amount of the liability is not greater than one thousand dollars.
d. The obligor enters into an acceptable payment plan.
e. Issuance of a certificate of noncompliance is not appropriate under other criteria established in accordance with rules adopted by the department of revenue pursuant to chapter 17A.
5. The unit shall grant the person a stay of the issuance of a certificate of noncompliance upon receiving a timely written request for a conference, and if a certificate of noncompliance has previously been issued, shall issue a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance if the obligor enters into a written agreement with the unit to pay the liability.
6. If the person does not timely request a conference or does not pay the total amount of liability owed within twenty days of mailing of the notice pursuant to section 272D.3, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §10
Referred to in §272D.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.5 - Written agreement.

272D.5 Written agreement.
1. The obligor and the unit may enter into a written agreement for payment of the liability owed which takes into consideration the obligor’s ability to pay and other criteria established by rule of the department of revenue. The written agreement shall include all of the following:
a. The method, amount, and dates of payments by the obligor.
b. A statement that upon breach of the written agreement by the obligor, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority.
2. A written agreement entered into pursuant to this section does not preclude any other remedy provided by law.
3. Following issuance of a certificate of noncompliance, if the obligor enters into a written agreement with the unit, the unit shall issue a withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority and shall forward a copy of the withdrawal by regular mail to the obligor.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §11
Referred to in §272D.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.6 - Decision of the unit.

272D.6 Decision of the unit.
1. If the unit mails a notice to a person pursuant to section 272D.3, and the person requests a conference pursuant to section 272D.4, the unit shall issue a written decision if any of the following conditions exist:
a. The person fails to appear at a scheduled conference under section 272D.4.
b. A conference is held under section 272D.4.
c. The obligor fails to comply with a written agreement entered into by the obligor and the unit under section 272D.5.
2. The unit shall send a copy of the written decision to the person by regular mail at the person’s most recent address of record. If the decision is made to issue a certificate of noncompliance or to withdraw the certificate of noncompliance, a copy of the certificate of noncompliance or of the withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance shall be attached to the written decision. The written decision shall state all of the following:
a. That the certificate of noncompliance or withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance has been provided to the licensing authorities named in the notice provided pursuant to section 272D.3.
b. That upon receipt of a certificate of noncompliance, the licensing authority shall initiate proceedings to suspend, revoke, deny issuance, or deny renewal of a license, unless the licensing authority is provided with a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance from the unit.
c. That in order to obtain a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance from the unit, the obligor shall enter into a written agreement with the unit, comply with an existing written agreement with the unit, or pay the total amount of liability owed.
d. That if the unit issues a written decision which includes a certificate of noncompliance, the person may request a hearing as provided in section 272D.9, before the district court. The person may retain an attorney at the person’s own expense to represent the person at the hearing. The review of the district court shall be limited to demonstration of a mistake of fact related to the amount of the liability owed or the identity of the person.
3. If the unit issues a certificate of noncompliance, the unit shall only issue a withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance if any of the following applies:
a. The unit or the court finds a mistake in the identity of the person.
b. The unit or the court finds a mistake in the amount owed.
c. The obligor enters into a written agreement with the unit to pay the liability owed, the obligor complies with an existing written agreement, or the obligor pays the total amount of liability owed.
d. Issuance of a withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance is appropriate under other criteria in accordance with rules adopted by the department of revenue pursuant to chapter 17A.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §12
Referred to in §272D.7, 272D.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.7 - Certificate of noncompliance — certification to licensing authority.

272D.7 Certificate of noncompliance — certification to licensing authority.
1. If a person fails to respond to a notice of potential license sanction provided pursuant to section 272D.3 or the unit issues a written decision under section 272D.6 which states that the person is not in compliance, the unit shall issue a certificate of noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority.
2. The certificate of noncompliance shall contain the person’s name and social security number.
3. The certificate of noncompliance shall require all of the following:
a. That the licensing authority initiate procedures for the revocation or suspension of the person’s license, or for the denial of the issuance or renewal of a license using the licensing authority’s procedures.
b. That the licensing authority provide notice to the person, as provided in section 272D.8, of the intent to suspend, revoke, deny issuance, or deny renewal of a license including the effective date of the action. The suspension, revocation, or denial shall be effective no sooner than thirty days following provision of notice to the person.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §13
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 272D - DEBTS OWED STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT — LICENSING SANCTIONS › Section 272D.9 - District court hearing.

272D.9 District court hearing.
1. Following the issuance of a written decision by the unit under section 272D.6 which includes the issuance of a certificate of noncompliance, or following provision of notice to the person by a licensing authority pursuant to section 272D.8, a person may seek review of the decision and request a hearing before the district court by filing an application with the district court in the county where the majority of the liability was incurred, and sending a copy of the application to the unit by regular mail.
2. An application shall be filed to seek review of the decision by the unit or following issuance of notice by the licensing authority no later than within thirty days after the issuance of the notice pursuant to section 272D.8. The clerk of the district court shall schedule a hearing and mail a copy of the order scheduling the hearing to the person and the unit and shall also mail a copy of the order to the licensing authority, if applicable. The unit shall certify a copy of its written decision and certificate of noncompliance, indicating the date of issuance, and the licensing authority shall certify a copy of a notice issued pursuant to section 272D.8, to the court prior to the hearing.
3. The filing of an application pursuant to this section shall automatically stay the actions of a licensing authority pursuant to section 272D.8. The hearing on the application shall be scheduled and held within thirty days of the filing of the application. However, if the person fails to appear at the scheduled hearing, the stay shall be lifted and the licensing authority shall continue procedures pursuant to section 272D.8.
4. The scope of review by the district court shall be limited to demonstration of the amount of the liability owed or the identity of the person.
5. If the court finds that the unit was in error in issuing a certificate of noncompliance, or in failing to issue a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance, the unit shall issue a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance to the appropriate licensing authority.
2008 Acts, ch 1172, §15
Referred to in §272D.6, 272D.8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.1 - Intent.

273.1 Intent.
It is the intent of the general assembly to provide an effective, efficient, and economical means of identifying and serving children from under five years of age through grade twelve who require special education and any other children requiring special education as defined in section 256B.2; to provide for media services and other programs and services for pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve and children requiring special education as defined in section 256B.2; to provide a method of financing the programs and services; and to avoid a duplication of programs and services provided by any other school corporation in the state; and to provide services to school districts under a contract with those school districts.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §273.1]
87 Acts, ch 224, §44
Referred to in §256B.9, 273.2, 273.3, 273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.4 - Duties of administrator.

273.4 Duties of administrator.
Under direction of the board of directors of the area education agency, the administrator of the area education agency shall, in addition to other duties:
1. Cooperate with boards of directors of local school districts of the area education agency in considering and developing plans for the improvement of the educational programs and services in the area education agency.
2. When requested, provide such other assistance as possible to school districts of the area education agency for the general improvement of their educational programs and operations.
3. Submit program plans each year to the department of education, for approval by the director of the department, to reflect the needs of the area education agency for media services as provided in section 273.6.
[C51, §1148; R60, §2066 – 2068, 2071, 2073; C73, §1766 – 1768, 1770, 1772, 1774, 1775; C97, §2734 – 2740; S13, §2734-f, -l, -m, -p, 2738, 2739; SS15, §2734-b, -c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4106; C46, §271.11; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §273.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §273.4]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1459
Referred to in §256B.9, 273.2, 273.3, 273.9, 273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.5 - Special education.

273.5 Special education.
There shall be established a division of special education of the area education agency which shall provide for special education programs and services to the local school districts. The division of special education shall be headed by a director of special education who meets certification standards of the department of education. The director of special education shall have the responsibility for implementation of state regulations and guidelines relating to special education programs and services. The director of special education shall have the following powers and duties:
1. Properly identify children requiring special education.
2. Insure that each child requiring special education in the area receives an appropriate special education program or service.
3. Assign appropriate weights for each child requiring special education programs or services as provided in section 256B.9.
4. Supervise special education support personnel.
5. Provide each school district within the area served and the department of education with a special education weighted enrollment count, including the additional enrollment because of special education for December 1 of each year.
6. Submit to the department of education special education instructional and support program plans and applications, subject to criteria listed in chapter 256B and this chapter, for approval by February 15 of each year for the school year commencing the following July 1.
7. Coordinate the special education program within the area served.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §273.5]
89 Acts, ch 135, §59
Referred to in §256B.9, 256B.11, 273.2, 273.3, 273.9, 273.23, 280.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.6 - Media centers.

273.6 Media centers.
1. The media centers required under section 273.2 shall contain:
a. A materials lending library, consisting of print and nonprint materials.
b. A professional library.
c. A curriculum laboratory, including textbooks and correlated print and audiovisual materials.
d. Capability for production of media-oriented instructional materials.
e. Qualified media personnel.
f. Appropriate physical facilities.
g. Other materials and equipment deemed necessary by the department.
2. Program plans submitted by the area education agency to the department of education for approval by the state board of media centers under this subsection shall include all of the following:
a. Evidence that the services proposed are based upon an analysis of the needs of the local school districts in the area.
b. Description of the manner in which the services of the area education agency media center will be coordinated with other agencies and programs providing educational media.
c. Description of the means for delivery of circulation materials.
d. Evidence that the media center fulfills the requirements of subsection 1.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §273.6]
Referred to in §256B.9, 257.37, 273.2, 273.3, 273.4, 273.9, 273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.7 - Additional services.

273.7 Additional services.
If sixty percent of the number of local school boards located in an area education agency, or if local school boards representing sixty percent of the enrollment in the school districts located in the agency, request in writing to the area education agency board that an additional service be provided them, for pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve or children requiring special education as defined in section 256B.2 or for employees or board members of school districts or area education agencies, the area education agency board shall arrange for the service to be provided to all school districts in the area within the financial capabilities of the area education agency.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §273.7]
Referred to in §256B.9, 273.2, 273.3, 273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.7A - Services to school districts.

273.7A Services to school districts.
1. The board of an area education agency may provide services to school districts located in the area education agency under contract with the school districts. These services may include, but are not limited to, superintendency services, personnel services, business management services, specialized maintenance services, and transportation services. In addition, the board of the area education agency may provide for furnishing expensive and specialized equipment for school districts. School districts shall pay to area education agencies the cost of providing the services.
2. The board of an area education agency may also provide services authorized to be performed by area education agencies to other area education agencies in this state and to provide a method of payment for these services.
87 Acts, ch 224, §45
Referred to in §256B.9, 273.2, 273.3, 273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.9 - Funding.

273.9 Funding.
1. School districts shall pay for the programs and services provided through the area education agency and shall include expenditures for the programs and services in their budgets, in accordance with this section.
2. School districts shall pay the costs of special education instructional programs with the moneys available to the districts for each child requiring special education, by application of the special education weighting plan in section 256B.9. Special education instructional programs shall be provided at the local level if practicable, or otherwise by contractual arrangements with the area education agency board as provided in section 273.3, subsection 5, but in each case the total money available through section 256B.9 and chapter 257 because of weighted enrollment for each child requiring special education instruction shall be made available to the district or agency which provides the special education instructional program to the child, subject to adjustments for transportation or other costs which may be paid by the school district in which the child is enrolled. Each district shall cooperate with its area education agency to provide an appropriate special education instructional program for each child who requires special education instruction, as identified and counted within the certification by the area director of special education or as identified by the area director of special education subsequent to the certification, and shall not provide a special education instructional program to a child who has not been so identified and counted within the certification or identified subsequent to the certification.
3. The costs of special education support services provided through the area education agency shall be funded as provided in chapter 257. Special education support services shall not be funded until the program plans submitted by the special education directors of each area education agency as required by section 273.5 are modified as necessary and approved by the director of the department of education according to the criteria and limitations of chapters 256B and 257.
4. The costs of media services provided through the area education agency shall not be funded until the program plans submitted by the administrators of each area education agency as required by section 273.4 are modified as necessary and approved by the director of the department of education according to the criteria of section 273.6.
5. The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A relating to the approval of program plans under this section.
[C51, §417; R60, §648, 2074; C73, §771, 1776; C97, §2742, 2831, 2832; S13, §2742, 2831, 2832; SS15, §2734-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4456 – 4458, 5232 – 5234; C46, §301.12 – 301.14, 340.13 – 340.15; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §273.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §273.9]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1460; 89 Acts, ch 135, §60; 91 Acts, ch 97, §38; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §95; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
Referred to in §256B.2, 256B.8, 256B.9, 273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.11 - Standards for accrediting area education programs.

273.11 Standards for accrediting area education programs.
1. The state board of education shall develop standards and rules for the accreditation of area education agencies. Standards shall be general in nature, but at a minimum shall identify requirements addressing the services provided by each division, as well as identifying indicators of quality that will permit area education agencies, school districts, the department of education, and the general public to judge accurately the effectiveness of area education agency services.
2. Standards developed shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Support for school-community planning, including a means of assessing needs, establishing shared direction and implementing program plans and reporting progress.
b. Professional development programs that respond to current needs.
c. Support for curriculum development, instruction, and assessment for reading, language arts, math and science, using research-based methodologies.
d. Special education compliance and support.
e. Management services, including financial reporting and purchasing as requested and funded by local districts.
f. Support for instructional media services that supplement and support local district media centers and services.
g. Support for school technology planning and staff development for implementing instructional technologies.
h. A program and services evaluation and reporting system.
i. Support for school district libraries in accordance with section 273.2, subsection 4.
j. Support for early childhood service coordination for families and children to meet health, safety, and learning needs.
96 Acts, ch 1215, §50; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §24; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §272; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §72
Referred to in §273.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.12 - Funds — use restricted.

273.12 Funds — use restricted.
Funds generated for educational services shall not be expended by an area education agency for the purpose of assisting either a public employer or employee organization in collective bargaining negotiations under chapter 20 if the public employer is a school district, or the employee organization consists of employees of a school district, located within the boundaries of the area education agency.
[C79, 81, §273.12]
89 Acts, ch 135, §61; 91 Acts, ch 97, §39