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Panel delays votes on massage-establishment licensing after wide-ranging questions about fees, enforcement and unintended effects
Summary
Committee members pressed the OPLC director on rulemaking authority, fee-setting, and whether an establishment license might confer legitimacy on illicit operations; members agreed to hold House Bills 1458 and 1469 for further work and to reconvene next week.
The Legislative Administration Committee paused consideration of two bills that would create massage-establishment and practitioner licensing after a multi-part discussion with the director of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC).
The director (OPLC) said rulemaking authority could be clarified in the statutory language and explained how the office sets fees: by estimating revenue needs and conducting a fee analysis that typically aims to have each profession cover its administrative costs. The…
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