HB 265 Summary

• Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for disciplinary proceedings against licensed professionals, with exemptions for repeated negligence and sexual misconduct cases.

• Creates provisions for default decisions in contested cases when licensees fail to respond to properly served complaints, allowing dismissal within 30 days for good cause.

• Modifies funeral director and embalmer licensing requirements, including changes to education program accreditation standards and practicum student registration procedures.

• Reduces the state board of embalmers and funeral directors from ten to six members and requires geographic and demographic diversity in board appointments.

• Adds new disciplinary grounds for physicians including listing on sexual offender registries, establishes physician-patient relationship requirements for internet prescriptions, and creates emergency suspension procedures for specific violations.