Professional Licensing Amendments
What changed between versions
Added a specific definition for 'harm' to include physical injury, property damage, or financial harm, and renumbered subsequent definitions.
Renumbered the definition of 'License' from (6) to (7) and 'Occupation' from (9) to (10) to accommodate the new 'harm' definition.
Requires the Office of Professional Licensure Review to document its reviews of occupational regulations.
Changed the requirement to respond to inquiries from non-legislators to be conditional on the office's capacity and resources, while still requiring notice to the legislators representing those inquirers.
Added specific criteria for reviews to assess the severity, probability, and permanence of any identified harm to the public.
Added criteria to evaluate whether regulations create barriers to service entry or impose new costs on existing practitioners.