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Committee introduces bill to limit creation of new professional licenses to statute or legislation
Summary
Representative Jeff Ehlers introduced RS32139 to require that new occupational licensure authorizations and fee changes be established through statute or formal legislative rulemaking rather than by administrative policy or director discretion; the committee voted to introduce the request session (RS).
Representative Jeff Ehlers, District 21 of Meridian, told the House Health and Welfare Committee he was introducing RS32139 to constrain how new occupational licensures and licensure fees are created and changed.
Ehlers said the proposal contains three provisions: barring creation of new licensors by administrative rule or policy unless already authorized; requiring that licensure fees be established either in statute…
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