A bill for an act relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and administrative medicine licenses.
This bill changes how medical and administrative medicine licenses are managed in Iowa. It requires licenses to expire on the holder's birthday and limits renewal to once every three years. The bill also caps continuing education requirements at 15 hours per year and mandates that licensing decisions be made within 45 days (or 75 days if concerns are noted). These provisions directly affect all physicians, osteopaths, and administrative medicine license holders in the state.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2026
Last action Feb 16, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Feb 16, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2545.
legislature
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 4, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/10/2026 12:30PM House Lounge.
legislature
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Johnson, C., Baeth and Wood.
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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