Revision: Oct. 24, 2023, 10:26 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2683.0
09/10
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a sunset commission to evaluate the need for or any improvements needed to various occupational boards and commissions within the office of professional licensure and certification. The bill further repeals various occupational boards and commissions each year through 2031.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2683.0
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Statement of Purpose. The protection of health and safety is of utmost importance to New Hampshire state government and the consumers of this state. At the same time, the general court recognizes that over regulation is a barrier to obtaining a license and can prevent qualified individuals from entering or remaining in their field. The purpose of this act is to require the legislature to reexamine the licensing boards of this state to determine if it is in the best interest of the consumers and the health and safety of this state to renew their authority.
2 New Section; Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; Sunset Commission Established. Amend RSA 310 by inserting after section 17 the following new section:
310:18 Sunset Commission Established.
I. There is hereby a sunset commission established to evaluate the need for, performance of, and improvements to the boards and commissions under review. The findings shall be condensed into a report and shall be delivered to the governor, senate president, and speaker of the house of representatives, as well as the relevant policy committees as determined by legislative leadership, at least one year prior to the sunset dates. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) Two members appointed by the governor.
(b) Three members appointed by the senate president.
(c) Three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) The executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, or designee.
(e) Three public members appointed by the governor.
II. The commission shall be responsible for investigating the need for, performance of, and improvements to licensing boards scheduled to sunset under this act. In addition to the report, the chair and vice chair of the commission shall be expected to present the findings of their report to the relevant policy committees.
3 Sunset Provisions; Occupational Licensing Boards Repealed; Schedule.
I. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2025:
(a) Board of acupuncture licensing under RSA 328-G;
(b) Advisory board of body art practitioners under RSA 314-A;
(c) Board of family mediator certification under RSA 328-C;
(d) Board of guardians ad litem under RSA 490-C;
(e) Advisory boards of massage therapists and reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork therapy under RSA 328-B and RSA 328-H; and
(f) Board of examiners of nursing home administrators under RSA 151-A.
II. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2026:
(a) Advisory board of recreational therapists established under RSA 326-J;
(b) Advisory board of respiratory care practitioners established under RSA 326-E;
(c) Assessing certification advisory board under 310-C;
(d) Board of accountancy under RSA 309-B;
(e) Board of architects under RSA 310-A:29;
(f) Board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics under RSA 313-A; and
(g) Board of chiropractic examiners under RSA 316-A.
III. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2027:
(a) Board of dental examiners under RSA 317-A;
(b) Board of home inspectors under RSA 310-A:186;
(c) Board of licensing for interpreters for the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing under RSA 326-I;
(d) Board of licensed dietitians under RSA 326-H;
(e) Board of medicine under RSA 329;
(f) Board of mental health practice under RSA 330-A; and
(g) Board of nursing under RSA 326-B.
IV. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2028:
(a) Board of pharmacy under RSA 318;
(b) Boards of professional engineers and land surveyors under RSA 310-A:3 and 310-A:55;
(c) Board of professional geologists under RSA 310-A:120;
(d) Board of registration of funeral directors and embalmers under RSA 325;
(e) Board of registration in optometry under RSA 327;
(f) Board of veterinary medicine under RSA 332-B; and
(g) Boxing and wrestling commission under RSA 285.
V. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2029:
(a) Electricians’ board under RSA 319-C;
(b) Electrology advisory committee under RSA 314;
(c) Genetic counselors governing board established under RSA 328-F and RSA 326-K;
(d) Governing board of athletic trainers established under RSA 328-F and RSA 326-G;
(e) Installation standards board under RSA 205-D; and
(f) Mechanical licensing board under RSA 153:27-a.
VI. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2030:
(a) Midwifery council under RSA 326-D;
(b) Naturopathic board of examiners under RSA 328-E;
(c) Occupational therapy governing board established under RSA 326-F; and RSA 326-C;
(d) Physical therapy governing board established under RSA 328-F and 328-A;
(e) Professional bondsmen under RSA 598-A;
(f) Real estate appraiser board under RSA 310-B; and
(g) Real estate commission under RSA 331-A.
VII. The following chapters are hereby repealed in 2031:
(a) Registration of ophthalmic dispensers under RSA 327-A;
(b) Speech-language pathology and hearing care provider governing board established under RSA 328-F and 326-F; and
(c) State board of auctioneers under RSA 311-B.
I. Paragraph I of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
II. Paragraph II of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
III. Paragraph III of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2027.
IV. Paragraph IV of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2028.
V. Paragraph V of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2029.
VI. Paragraph VI of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2030.
VII. Paragraph VII of section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2031.
VIII. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.