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OPLC outlines self-funded licensing operations, enforcement work and ARPA-funded NextGen licensing system
Summary
The Office of Professional Licensure and Certification told the committee it administers about 57 licensing boards and roughly 212,000 licensees, handles roughly 100 complaints a month and is deploying a new ARPA-funded licensing platform intended to modernize licensing and, eventually, enforcement workflows.
Executive director Deanna Juris told Finance – Division I members that the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC) oversees more than 50 licensing boards and roughly 200,000 licensees and operates largely from dedicated licensing funds rather than from the general fund.
Roles and scale
Juris said the office administers about 57 independent regulatory boards and 7 advisory boards. OPLC processes thousands of applications and renewals and conducts approximately 2,000 inspections annually; the enforcement unit reviews roughly 100 complaints per month. "If the law says it, we do it. If it doesn't, we don't," Juris said, summarizing the office's authority-based approach.
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