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OPR previews new professions, sunrise reviews and bills for the legislative session
Summary
General Counsel Jennifer Cohen told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that OPR is processing sunrise reviews and will present bills this session to add or modify professions including perinatal community-based doulas, early childhood educators, optometry scope changes, compacts and others.
Jennifer Cohen, general counsel for the Office of Professional Regulation, told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 22 that OPR uses two governance models (board and advisor) and that the sunrise-review process is governed by "26 BSA Chapter 57," which directs OPR to assess whether regulation is necessary and, if so, to adopt the least-restrictive form of regulation.
Cohen explained differences between the models: board professions (about 14 currently) have siloed licensing budgets, board members are appointed…
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