Relating to professional licensing, including by providing for a review of professional licenses and allowing for preapplication qualification reviews, and providing fees

This bill relates to professional licensing in this state. The bill instructs the state government efficiency review committee to review and analyze approximately one-third of all professional licenses, certifications, and registrations issued in the state during each two-year period in which the committee must meet. The bill authorizes the committee to require the submission of information from the relevant licensing, certifying, and registering entities and other interested parties. The bill requires the committee to consider the direct and indirect costs, utility, and health and safety implications of requiring such licenses, certifications, and registrations. The committee is required to make recommendations regarding the reviewed licenses, certifications, and registrations in its statutorily mandated report. The bill requires the general assembly to vote on the adoption of each such report. The bill requires the department of workforce development to maintain on the internet site of the department a list of each professional license, certification, and registration issued in the state and the requirements to receive each license, certification, or registration. The bill directs the department to update the list as soon as practicable after the conclusion of each session of the general assembly. The bill also allows a person seeking to obtain a professional license to submit a petition to a licensing board for a determination as to whether that person’s criminal record will disqualify the person from receiving a license from the board. A licensing board must issue a determination within days of receiving a petition and may charge a fee of up to $25 to recoup the costs of such a determination.