REVISED AGENDA
Occupational
and Professional Licensure Review Committee
Utah Legislature
Friday, December 15, 2017 • 9:00 a.m. • Room 20 House Building
1.
Committee Business
§
Call
to order
§
Approval
of the minutes of the August 31, 2017, meeting
§
Annual
report
2.
Licensure Overview: Department
of Agriculture and Food
Utah Code
Subsection 36-23-109(2) requires the committee to study and make
recommendations regarding lawful occupations that require a license in the
state so that each licensed lawful occupation is reviewed every ten years. As
part of that review process, the Department of Agriculture and Food will
provide information about the licenses that the department issues.
§
Scott
Ericson, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Food
§
Public
comment
§
Committee
discussion/action
3.
Licensure Overview:
Department of Health
Utah Code
Subsection 36-23-109(2) requires the committee to study and make
recommendations regarding lawful occupations that require a license in the
state so that each licensed lawful occupation is reviewed every ten years. As
part of that review process, the Department of Health will provide information
about the licenses that the department issues.
§
Dr.
Joseph K. Miner, Executive Director, Department of Health
§
Public
comment
§
Committee
discussion/action
4.
Draft Legislation
“License Hold for Military Service”
The committee will consider
draft legislation that requires the Division of Occupational and Professional
Licensing to waive the fee for the renewal of an inactive license, if the
licensee is on full-time active duty with a branch of the armed forces.
§
Sen.
Lincoln Fillmore
§
Public
comment
§
Committee
discussion/action
5.
Military Spouse
Professional Licensure
Utah Code
Subsection 58-1-307(1)(j) permits the spouse of an individual serving in the
armed forces to engage in the practice of their occupation or profession,
subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed
under Title 58, Occupations and Professions. The
committee will discuss expanding this provision to all occupational and
professional licenses that are listed in other titles of the Utah Code.
§
Sen.
Todd Weiler
§
Abby
Osborne, Vice President of Government Relations, Salt Lake Chamber
§
Gary
Harter, Executive Director, Department of Veterans and Military Affairs
Continuation of Agenda Item #5, Military
Spouse Professional Licensure
§
Ted
Frederick, Director of Military Affairs, Department of Veterans and Military
Affairs
§
Public
comment
§ Committee discussion/action
6.
Occupational Licensing:
Assessing State Policy and Practice
The state was accepted into a
national occupational licensing policy learning consortium with ten other
states. This two-year project, entitled “Occupational Licensing: Assessing
State Policy and Practice,” will create a state action plan to improve
portability and reciprocity for select occupations and remove barriers to labor
market entry. The first of three multi-state team meetings recently concluded. The
state’s recent activities will be reported on.
§
Sen.
Todd Weiler
§
Public
comment
§
Committee
discussion/action
The committee will hear information about apprenticeships
as an alternate path to licensing.
§ Evelyn Everton
§ Renee Greene, former aesthetician
apprentice
§ Jamie Wood, aesthetician apprentice
§ Alysia Petersen, aesthetician instructor
§ Chrissy Ladd, aesthetician instructor
§ Public comment
§ Committee discussion/action
8.
Bowenwork
The committee will hear
information about whether a bowenwork practitioner should be exempt from being
required to hold a massage therapy license to practice bowenwork.
§
Andrea
Jones, Bowenwork practitioner
§
Nichole
Soholt, Bowenwork practitioner
§
Sharon
Muir, Licensed Massage Therapist (conference
call)
§
Public
comment
§
Committee
discussion/action
9.
Animal Husbandry Dental
Exemption
The committee will hear
information about whether a person should be a licensed veterinarian to engage
in animal husbandry dental work, with a focus given to equine dentistry.
§
Justin
Stark, equine dental technician
§ Mark Allen, equine dental technician
§
Ken
Spackman, beef rancher
§
Dr.
Kerry Rood, President, Utah Veterinary Medical Association
§
Dr.
Charles Heaton, owner, South Valley Large Animal Clinic
§
Dr.
Haleigh Lundgreen, owner, Paragon Equine Sports Medicine and Lameness
§
Public
comment
§
Committee
discussion/action
10. Other Items/Adjourn