Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 721 - Secretary of State › Division I - Administration › Chapter 6 - Safe at Home Program › Rule 721-6.3 - Renewal of Certification; Recertification

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
This rule facilitates the administration of the safe at home
				  program in accordance with Iowa Code section
				  9E.3(3).
				  This rule describes the manner and process for renewal of program participant
				  certification and for recertification.
(1)
Renewal notification.
At
				least 30 days before the expiration of a program participant's certification,
				the secretary shall inform the program participant of the option of renewing
				certification in the safe at home program by sending an application to renew
				certification (renewal application) by first-class mail to the program
				participant's mailing address. The notice must also provide instructions to the
				program participant on what actions to take upon expiration of the
				certification, including the return of any safe at home cards and notification
				to public and private persons of the program participant's actual address, and
				that the designated address is no longer the address of the program
				participant. If the secretary has not received a renewal application within 10
				days before the expiration of the program participant's certification, the
				secretary must mail a notice to the program participant reminding the program
				participant of the option to renew.
(2)
Renewal process.
Along
				with the renewal application sent 30 days prior to expiration, the secretary
				may include a voter registration form so that the program participant may
				register to vote if the program participant has not already done so.
a.
Application.
The
				secretary shall renew the certification of a program participant when the
				secretary receives a complete renewal application from that program
				participant. The completed renewal application must contain the same
				information required in the certification application as specified in Iowa Code
				section
				9E.3(1).
b.
Duties of applicant.
The
				program participant must provide all the information required by Iowa Code
				section
				9E.3(3)
				 and date and sign the renewal
				application.
c.
Completed
				renewal application to be signed.
The program participant must sign
				the completed renewal application and submit it and any additional materials in
				person, by mail, by facsimile, or by electronic mail to the
				secretary.
d.
Missing
				information.
If the completed renewal application does not meet the
				requirements of this subrule, the secretary shall contact the program
				participant or applicant to obtain the missing information.
e.
Effective date.
If
				submitted on or before the expiration date of the certification, a properly
				completed renewal application is effective on the day it is reviewed and
				certified by the secretary.
f.
Duties of the secretary and program participants.
The
				secretary must send a new safe at home card(s), which shall have an updated
				expiration date, within 10 business days of renewing a program participant's
				certification. The program participant must immediately sign the new safe at
				home card(s) upon receipt. The program participant must return any expired
				cards to the secretary by first-class mail so that they may be properly
				destroyed.
g.
Penalties.
A person who falsely attests in a renewal
				application or who knowingly provides false information upon making an
				application for certification renewal is subject to cancellation of program
				certification.