H701 Summary

• Requires occupational licensing boards to adopt rules governing hearings before exercising authority to summarily suspend licenses.

• Establishes a defined list of 58 occupational licensing boards and requires legislative approval through the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee before adding new boards to the list.

• Expands annual reporting requirements for occupational licensing boards to include financial audits (for boards with budgets of $50,000+), detailed fee information, civil penalties collected, and complaint/disciplinary action data; requires posting reports on board websites.

• Creates new requirements for boards to adopt rules on complaint processes, unlicensed activity investigations, and scope of practice determinations; establishes procedures for resolving jurisdictional disputes between boards and increases per diem compensation for board members from $100 to $200 per day.

• Adds barber school and apprenticeship requirement that applicants obtain a high school diploma or equivalency certificate and increases training requirements for occupational licensing board members to include antitrust law and State action immunity.