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Department of Health reviews occupational licensure updates including military reciprocity and background rules
Summary
The Department of Health presented rule amendments to align occupational licensure with recent session acts, adding returning‑military veteran reciprocity language, clarifying 'in good standing' and correcting typographical errors; the committee noted a typographical error in the financial impact statement for correction.
Laura Hsu, general counsel for the Department of Health, presented multiple occupational licensure rule amendments intended to implement licensing acts passed in the prior legislative session. The package includes provisions to add military licensure reciprocity and to define 'returning military veteran' in line with prior legislation, adjustments to reciprocity language to include a 'good standing' standard, and adoption of criminal history background disqualification rules per cited acts.
Hsu said the agency held a public hearing on Jan. 15 and received no public comments; the bureau of legislative research submitted one question and the agency will correct typographical errors in the rule text. Representative Brown noted an inconsistency in the financial impact statement (a checked box with no dollars shown); Hsu acknowledged the typo and said it would be corrected.
The committee agreed to review the rule.
