Iowa § 263.2 - 263.2 Degrees — reports.
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§ 263.2. 263.2 Degrees — reports.
1. A person shall not be admitted to courses of instruction in the university if the person has not completed the elementary instruction in such branches as are taught in the public or accredited nonpublic schools throughout the state. 2. Graduates of the university shall receive degrees or diplomas, or other evidences of distinction such as are usually conferred and granted by universities and are authorized by the state board of regents. 3. The university of Iowa, in collaboration with the university hospitals and clinics, shall submit an annual report to the general assembly providing the following information: a. The states in which members of each graduating class from the college of dentistry and the college of medicine’s doctor of medicine program reside during the year immediately following graduation. The information shall be divided by residents of Iowa at the time of application to the college and nonresidents at the time of application to the college. b. The states in which the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics primary care and specialty residents reside in the year following completion of medical residency and whether following residency such residents accepted fellowships. The information shall be divided by primary care and various areas of specialty, and whether the medical residents were residents of Iowa prior to applying for admission at an undergraduate college or university, received a baccalaureate degree from a postsecondary institution in Iowa, or graduated from a medical school in Iowa, whether or not the medical residents were residents of Iowa at the time of acceptance into the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics’ residency programs and, if any residents of Iowa accepted fellowships following residency, the states in which the fellowships are offered and the areas of specialty under the fellowships. c. For purposes of this subsection, “resident of Iowa” means the same as defined in section 262.9, subsection 39. [R60, §1933; C73, §1585, 1589; C97, §2640; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3947; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §263.2] 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §83; 2025 Acts, ch 164, §2 Section amended Thu Dec 11 19:24:54 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 263.2 (25, 1)
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