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IN HB1362
Bill
Status
1/12/2017
Primary Sponsor
Carey Hamilton
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AI Summary
HB 1362 Summary
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Allows the board of licensure for professional geologists to elect a secretary who is not a board member, and requires the board to meet at least two times each year.
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Extends the deadline for a licensed geologist to request an informal review of a complaint from 20 days to 30 days after receipt.
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Requires written responses to complaints or charges to be sent to geologists by certified mail.
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Adds "geological sciences" as a defined term and expands education and experience requirements for geologist licensure, including allowance for applicants from other states with substantially equal standards.
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Requires licensed professional geologists to obtain continuing education in geological sciences as a condition of license renewal, effective after the first full license renewal cycle beginning after July 2018.
Legislative Description
Geologist licensing. Adds and amends definitions concerning the licensure and practice of geologists. Allows the board of licensure for professional geologists (board) to elect a secretary who is not a member of the board. Requires the board to meet at least two times each year. Allows a licensed geologist to request an informal review within 30 days of receiving a complaint. (Current law allows the request to be made within 20 days.) Provides that if the board compels a licensed geologist to respond to a complaint or charges the response must be in writing and the notification must be sent
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/12/2017