§ 544a-8

544A.8 Qualification for licensure. 1. Any person may apply for a license or may apply to take an examination for licensure under this chapter. The board shall not require that the application contain a photograph ofthe applicant. 2. The board shall adopt rules governing practical training and education and may adopt as its rules criteria published by a national certification body recognized by the board. Theboard may accept the accreditation decisions of a national accreditation body recognized bythe board. 3. A person applying for licensure by examination, upon complying with the other requirements, shall satisfactorily pass an examination in technical and professional subjectsprescribed by the board. The board may adopt the uniform standardized examination and grading procedures of a national certification body recognized by the board. The examination may be conducted by representatives of the board. The identity of the persontaking the examination shall be concealed until after the examination has been graded.The board shall adopt rules regarding reexamination. An applicant who has failed theexamination may request in writing information from the board concerning the

after the examination has been graded.The board shall adopt rules regarding reexamination. An applicant who has failed theexamination may request in writing information from the board concerning the applicant’sexamination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answercorrectly, except that if the board administers a uniform, standardized examination, theboard shall only be required to provide the examination grade and the other informationconcerning the applicant’s examination results which is available to the board. 4. In lieu of examination, the board may grant licensure by reciprocity. A person applying to the board for licensure by reciprocity shall furnish satisfactory evidence that theperson holds qualifications determined by the board to be substantially equivalent to therequirements for initial licensure in accordance with section 10A.506, subsection 8. [C27, 31, 35, §1905-b8; C39, §1905.65; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §118.8]87 Acts, ch 92, §3C93, §544A.82008 Acts, ch 1059, §6, 7; 2017 Acts, ch 131, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §43, 51; 2021 Acts, ch 69, §1, 2 Referred to in §544A.92021 repeal of former subsection 5 applies

8]87 Acts, ch 92, §3C93, §544A.82008 Acts, ch 1059, §6, 7; 2017 Acts, ch 131, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §43, 51; 2021 Acts, ch 69, §1, 2 Referred to in §544A.92021 repeal of former subsection 5 applies retroactively to persons who applied to the architectural examining board for licensure and who, on or after June 25, 2020, passed one or more modules of the architect registration examination but failed to pass the examination;2021 Acts, ch 69, §2 Section not amended; internal reference change applied Sat Dec 23 01:46:35 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 544A.8 (25, 2)