Bill Text: AZ HB2316 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Licensing boards; composition; professions; occupations

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to House FFR Committee [HB2316 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2316-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: licensing boards; composition; professions; occupations

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2316

 

Introduced by

Representative Farnsworth

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 45; relating to professions and occupations.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding chapter 45, to read:

CHAPTER 45

BOARD COMPOSITION

ARTICLE 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

START_STATUTE32-4501.  Definition of board

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "board" means any body that is responsible for administering the licensing, certification or registration of a profession or occupation under this title.ENDSTATUTE

START_STATUTE32-4502.  Composition of boards

Notwithstanding any other law, board members whose profession or occupation is regulated by the board may not constitute a majority of the board membership.END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE32-4503.  Board member qualifications and duties

Notwithstanding any other law, board members are appointed by the governor subject to the following:

1.  A board member shall have been a resident of this state for at least three years before appointment.

2.  A board member must agree that the board member's primary duties, in order of priority, are to:

(a)  Protect the health and safety of the general public.

(b)  Enforce licensing, certification and registration laws in a manner that is least restrictive to individuals wishing to enter the profession or occupation and that is consistent with Subdivision (a) of this paragraph.

(c)  Administer the board in a way that presents the least possible cost to members of the regulated profession or occupation and that is consistent with Subdivisions (a) and (b) of this paragraph.

3.  A board member who is not regulated by the board may not be employed by a licensee, certificate holder or registrant under this title or by an association of licensees, certificate holders or registrants on whose board the member served for three years before and three years after the member's service on the board. 

4.  One board member may be licensed outside this state in the profession or occupation that the board regulates and shall count toward the limit established in section 32-4502.

5.  An individual may be a member of more than one board.END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Retention of members

Notwithstanding section 32-4502, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, all persons serving as members on a board that is responsible for administering the licensing, certification or registration of a profession or occupation under title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, may continue to serve until the expiration of their normal terms.  The governor shall make all subsequent appointments as prescribed by statute.