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House clears OPR housekeeping bill after removing early-childhood licensure overhaul
Summary
The House concurred in the Senate amendments to H.472, an annual housekeeping bill for the Office of Professional Regulation, after stripping newly added early-childhood educator licensure language and adding reporting and timing changes; the measure was messaged to the Senate immediately.
Representative from South Burlington reported the Senate proposal of amendment to House Bill H.472, an annual housekeeping measure for the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), and summarized changes the bill would make for multiple licensed professions.
The bill, described by the member as an efficiency- and safety-focused update, adjusts fees for some professions, authorizes fines for findings of unprofessional conduct, requires cosmetology programs to include instruction on styling and care of textured hair, reduces barriers for licensed practical nurses to reenter practice after brief…
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