HF637 Summary

• Health-related licensing boards must require criminal background checks (state and national) for applicants seeking initial licensure, licensure by endorsement, reinstatement after more than one year lapse, or interstate licensure compacts.

• Criminal background check results are valid for one year from receipt by the board; applicants must complete new checks if more than one year has elapsed since previous results were received.

• Licensing boards may issue temporary suspension orders when probable cause exists that a licensee violated a statute or rule and continued practice presents imminent risk of serious harm, with the suspension taking effect upon personal service or third day after mail service.

• Contested case hearings on temporary suspensions must be scheduled within 30 days of the suspension order, with administrative law judge recommendations due within 30 days of the hearing; the temporary suspension lifts automatically if final orders are not issued within 30 or 60 days depending on the recommendation.

• Alternative method of criminal background checks may be used after applicants have submitted at least two unreadable fingerprint sets (reduced from three); Minnesota Statutes 2018 section 214.075, subdivision 8, is repealed.