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Committee considers broad statutory cleanup to consolidate licensing rules under OPLC
Summary
Representatives considered a large statutory-cleanup bill requested by OPLC that moves numerous boards and rulemaking responsibilities under the office umbrella; witnesses raised concerns about removing or relocating specific disciplinary and board-authority language.
Representative Carol McGuire introduced House Bill 82, a request of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification intended to consolidate and harmonize statutory language created or affected by prior legislation (including HB 655) so that the OPLC umbrella statute controls administrative, rulemaking and certain operational provisions across boards.
OPLC staff explained the technical intent: to avoid conflicting statutes and to centralize administrative procedures — licensing, renewal, retirements, and some rulemaking — under the RSA 310 framework that already governs OPLC. Deanna Juris told the committee the request was a cleanup effort reflecting changes the Legislature previously…
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