Relating to qualifications for state employment and professional licensure

This bill relates to qualifications for state employment and professional licensure. citizenship and immigration services to confirm the employment eligibility of newly hired employees. citizenship and immigration services (SAVE program), the United States citizenship and immigration status of individuals who have applied for a professional license in this state. citizenship and immigration status of an individual who has applied for a professional license from the board and to decline to issue or renew a license if the licensing board is unable to verify that the person is lawfully present in the United States. The bill requires the denial of an application for a professional license due to the results of the SAVE program clearinghouse check to be appealed to the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and the decision of the director shall constitute a final agency action. The bill also requires a licensing board established after January 1, 1978, to adopt rules for the revocation or suspension of a license that the licensing board deems to be a professional license if the licensee is unlawfully present in the United States, as determined by using the SAVE program clearinghouse.