AN ACT relating to reorganization. Establish and create various sections of KRS Chapter 308, relating to Public Protection Cabinet oversight of state occupational boards; define terms; declare policy regarding occupational licensing; list boards that are regulated under KRS Chapter 308; require the Department of Professional Licensing to provide administrative services, technical assistance, personnel staffing, and meeting space to the boards; organize the boards under seven authorities within the department; manage each authority with an executive director; establish a process for the department to review and evaluate each of its boards once every five years; set standards regarding board members, including appointments by the Governor, three year terms, quorum via majority, and voting eligibility; institute board per diem and travel expense rules; direct board officer elections, board member disqualification standards, and semiannual meeting requirements; establish general board powers; require executive director approval before a board may promulgate an administrative regulation; instruct boards to keep a register of licensees and make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; fix a set timeline for processing license applications; mandate that any license issued by a board be valid for at least two years; require boards to establish disciplinary review committees to process complaints against licensees; designate the process and limitations for the Governor's appointments to boards based on recommendations from nominating groups; require a licensee to report criminal convictions to the licensee's board; establish continuing education requirements and exemptions; immunize board members, staff, legal counsel, and other persons from civil liability for conduct that is taken in good faith and is within the scope and arising out of the performance of their duties; direct the boards to send licensees a thirty-day notice of expiration bo

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

KY HB 465 · House Bill · 2018RS