CCS HCS SB 177 -- PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

This bill changes the laws regarding the Division of Professional
Registration and the Department of Health and Senior Services.
The bill:

(1)  Includes extractions to the definition of "primary dental
care" and "preventive health services";

(2)  Authorizes the Department of Health and Senior Services to
establish a fee schedule for specific licenses for emergency
personnel.  Moneys collected by the department will be deposited
into the Missouri Public Health Services Fund.  These provisions
will not apply to persons employed by volunteer ambulance
services;

(3)  Removes the grandfather provisions regarding the licensing
of geologists;

(4)  Increases from 750 to 800 the number of hours a manicurist
apprentice must complete in order to be licensed.  A person is
allowed to make application for the required cosmetology
licensing examination if the person is a graduate of a foreign
cosmetology program and the State Board of Cosmetology determines
that the program has educational requirements which are
substantially the same as an educational establishment licensed
by the board;

(5)  Establishes the Dental Hygienist Distance Learning Committee
and authorizes the Department of Economic Development to contract
with an institution of higher education to establish a distant
dental hygienist learning program for the purpose of off-site
clinical and didactic training.  The program must meet all
standards established by the Council on Dental Accreditation;

(6)  Removes conflicting provisions of law regarding the
definition of "physician assistants";

(7)  Requires applicants for licensure as clinical social workers
to complete 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience under a
licensed clinical social worker within a specified period of
time.  The bill removes the requirement that a licensed clinical
social worker applying for a Missouri license pass an examination
on Missouri laws and regulations governing the practice of social
work and be a member in good standing of the Academy of Certified
Social Workers.  The bill authorizes the State Committee for
Social Workers to require a minimum of 30 hours of continuing
education for license renewal, requires the committee to
establish ethical standards based on the code of ethics of the
National Association of Social Workers, and clarifies the
practice of baccalaureate social work;

(8)  Requires all nursing home administrators' licenses to expire
on June 30 following the year it was issued and every other year
thereafter.  An administrator seeking a renewal must file an
application during the month of May of the year of his or her
renewal, accompanied by a fee as provided by rule, payable to the
Department of Health and Senior Services.  All licenses issued or
renewed during 2006 may be for either a one- or two-year term as
dictated by rule;

(9)  Redefines "student athlete" within the provisions of law
regarding athletic contracts;

(10)  Removes the requirement that the division wait 30 days
before informing a licensee that he or she is in violation of his
or her licensing requirements prior to engaging in settlement
negotiations and shortens the time from 60 to 30 days that the
licensee has to consider the settlement offer prior to contacting
the respective board to discuss the settlement offer; and

(11)  Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to prepare an equitable
salary schedule for employees attributed to the inspection of
licensed entities.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:21 pm