ARC 9344C - Iowa Administrative Rules

Adopted and Filed

Barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences—continuing education, 944.2(5)

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ARC 9344C

INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS DEPARTMENT[481]

Adopted and Filed

Rulemaking related to continuing education

The Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing hereby amends Chapter 944, “Continuing Education for Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences,” Iowa Administrative Code.

Legal Authority for Rulemaking

This rulemaking is adopted under the authority provided in Iowa Code chapters 157 and 272C.

State or Federal Law Implemented

This rulemaking implements, in whole or in part, 2024 Iowa Acts, House File 2686.

Purpose and Summary

2024 Iowa Acts, House File 2686, required that the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences adopt rules allowing a licensee to carry over up to 50 percent of excess completed continuing education hours from the previous renewal cycle. This rulemaking grants barbers, cosmetologists, nail technologists, estheticians, electrologists, and instructorsthe ability to carry over up to three hours of continuing education earned in excess of the six hours required by Iowa law every two years.

Public Comment and Changes to Rulemaking

Notice of Intended Action for this rulemaking was published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin on March 19, 2025, as ARC 9002C. No public comments were received. No changes from the Notice have been made.

Adoption of Rulemaking

This rulemaking was adopted by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences on May 19, 2025.

Fiscal Impact

This rulemaking has no fiscal impact to the State of Iowa. Staff salaries to support the work of the boards are covered by the Licensing and Regulation Fund established in 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 557. Licensing fees go to the fund to cover operations of the regulated professional licensing board.

Jobs Impact

After analysis and review of this rulemaking, no impact on jobs has been found.

Waivers

Any person who believes that the application of the discretionary provisions of this rulemaking would result in hardship or injustice to that person may petition the Department for a waiver of the discretionary provisions, if any, pursuant to 481—Chapter 6.

Review by Administrative Rules Review Committee

The Administrative Rules Review Committee, a bipartisan legislative committee which oversees rulemaking by executive branch agencies, may, on its own motion or on written request by any individual or group, review this rulemaking at its regular monthly meeting or at a special meeting. The Committee’s meetings are open to the public, and interested persons may be heard as provided in Iowa Code section 17A.8(6).

Effective Date

This rulemaking will become effective on July 16, 2025.

The following rulemaking action is adopted:

ITEM 1.Amend subrule 944.2(5) as follows:

944.2(5) No hours of continuing education shall be carried over into the next biennium.Licensees who complete continuing education hours in excess of the requirements for renewal may apply up to 50 percent of the required hours to the following renewal period. Licensees may apply a maximum of three hours from the previous renewal period in the prescribed practice discipline. Licensees cannot apply any hours in the content areas of Iowa barbering and cosmetology law and rules or infection control to the following renewal period. A licensee whose license was reactivated during the current renewal compliance period may use continuing education earned during the compliance period for the first renewal following reactivation.

[Filed 5/20/25, effective 7/16/25]

[Published 6/11/25]

EDITOR’S NOTE: For replacement pages for IAC, see IAC Supplement 6/11/25.