Bill Text: NJ A696 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee [A696 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A696-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman BETTYLOU DECROCE
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Jimenez and Assemblyman S.Kean
SYNOPSIS
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning professional and occupational licenses and supplementing P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Each professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15), shall provide on its Internet website a secure process to allow applicants to complete online any application documents, including any fee payments, required to obtain an initial license, certificate of registration, or certification, or renewal of an existing license, certificate of registration, or certification, as the case may be, and to submit electronically all necessary documentation for review and approval of that board.
2. Each professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15), pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this act.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 36th month next following enactment, but each board may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each of the 85 professional or occupational boards designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) provide on its Internet website a secure process to allow applicants to complete online applications for initial licensure, certification or registration and renewals, including any fee payments. The secure websites are to be available by the first day of the 36th month next following enactment. The bill provides that applicants be able to submit electronically all necessary documentation for review and approval of the board.
