Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:27 a.m.
HB 1491 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2662
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1491
AN ACT relative to allied health professional temporary licensure.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the professions in the allied health governing boards which grant temporary licensure to licensees from other states.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2662
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to allied health professional temporary licensure.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Allied Health Professionals; Temporary Licensure. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 328-F:18, VI to read as follows:
VI. Occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistants, recreational therapists, speech pathologists, respiratory care practitioners, athletic trainers, genetic counselors, physical therapists, and physical therapist assistants from the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, and Vermont, who are currently licensed, shall be eligible for temporary licensure for 120 days while the person makes application for licensure to the respective governing board under this chapter. Temporary licensure shall not apply to an allied health governing board that is a member of an interstate licensure compact. An applicant for temporary licensure to practice, who is currently licensed or certified in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, or Vermont, shall:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.