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Department of Health reviews multiple licensure and environmental rules under red‑tape reduction acts

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · August 12, 2020
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The Department of Health reviewed several rule packages implementing 2019 'red tape' occupational licensure reduction acts, covering lay midwifery reporting forms, plumbing and septic rules, apprentices, and reciprocity/automatic licensure for military spouses; committee discussion focused on public comments, grease-trap disposal and record-keeping.

Chuck Thompson, attorney with the Arkansas Department of Health, presented several rule packages intended to align agency rules with 2019 General Assembly acts focused on occupational licensure and reciprocity. Thompson said the packages include model language developed with the Attorney General’s office and other executive branch attorneys and cited compliance with acts referenced in the transcript (Act 820, Act 315 and…

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