HB 564 -- Professional Registration

Sponsor:  Behnen

This bill contains provisions relating to the Division of
Professional Registration.  The bill:

(1)  Expands the authority of the division to deny license
renewal of deaf interpreters for failure to provide satisfactory
evidence of current certification with the Missouri Commission
for the Deaf;

(2)  Gives the Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy the
authority to give licensing exams to qualified applicants upon
demand;

(3)  Requires manicurist apprentices to complete at least 800
hours of supervised training prior to making application for
licensure;

(4)  Requires the course of study for all cosmetology apprentices
not to exceed 12 hours per day and 72 hours per week;

(5)  Allows the State Committee of Psychologists to issue
inactive licenses; and

(6)  Places the Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy under the
purview of the Administrative Hearing Commission.

Missouri House of Representatives
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