Bill Text - HB1622 (2024)

Relative to administrative rulemaking and license renewals by the office of professional licensure and certification.


Revision: Oct. 13, 2023, 1:10 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2577.0

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to administrative rulemaking and license renewals by the office of professional licensure and certification.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires rulemaking relative to the recordkeeping of the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification and expands categories included in license renewal time frames.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2577.0

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to administrative rulemaking and license renewals by the office of professional licensure and certification.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Duties of the Executive Director; Office of Professional Licensure and Certification.  Amend RSA 310:4, I(e) to read as follows:

(e) Maintenance of the official record of the office and the boards in accordance with the retention policy established by the office in administrative rules adopted in accordance with RSA 541-A.

2  OPLC; License Renewals; Lapse.  Amend RSA 310:8, II to read as follows:

II.  [Licenses] Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary, initial licenses, registrations, certifications, and renewals shall be valid for 2 years from the date of issuance, except that timely and complete application for license renewal by eligible applicants shall continue the validity of the licenses being renewed until the office has acted on the renewal application.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.