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DLI-sponsored bill would standardize licensing rules, move nonroutine reviews to screening panels
Summary
House Bill 414 would standardize 'provisional' and 'temporary' license definitions across Title 37 and route most 'nonroutine' licensing applications to screening panels to speed decisions. Commissioner Sarah Swanson said the change saves staff time and preserves due process; small boards urged exemptions for very small panels.
Representative Jodie Etchart presented House Bill 414 as a Department of Labor and Industry initiative to make licensing processes more consistent across Montana’s 29 occupational boards. The bill would clarify terminology (provisional versus temporary), define nonroutine license applications and let screening panels consider most nonroutine matters rather than full boards, speeding…
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