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Legislative counsel outlines sweeping professional-licensing bill; new massage-establishment fees and a $0 academic dental license included
Summary
Legislative counsel and the Office of Professional Regulation outlined H.5.88, an omnibus update that adds administrative rescission authority, creates a zero-fee academic dental teaching license, expands pharmacist prescribing, and establishes new registration fees for massage/bodywork establishments; the Finance Committee voted 7-0 to report the bill favorably.
Tim Medwin, legislative counsel, told the Senate Finance Committee on May 1 that H.5.88 is a broad set of updates to the Office of Professional Regulation's statutes that reorganizes fee language and adds new authorities. "There's a new fee structure for massage therapy establishments and some additional fees there," Medwin said, and noted the bill "reorganizes some existing piece[s] so that the language itself will appear" more clearly.
The bill adds an administrative rescission power distinct from license revocation for limited circumstances, Medwin said, and lays out expedited and longer due-process procedures depending on how long a credential has been held. Jennifer Coleman, director of the Office of Professional Regulation, summarized the change: "We're adding rescission to the…
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