SS SCS HS HCS HB 1195 -- PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

This bill changes the laws regarding the licensing of certain
professions.

EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS

Any person or entity which owns an automated external
defibrillator used outside of a health care facility must have a
physician review all protocols.

PRIVATE FIRE INVESTIGATORS

The Board of Licensed Private Fire Investigator Examiners is
created within the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of
Public Safety.  All persons wishing to act as private fire
investigators are required to be licensed by the board.  Certain
professions are exempted from licensure requirements.

The bill also contains provisions pertaining to the powers and
duties of the board, licensing applications, fees, advertising,
fraud, making false statements, manufacturing evidence, and
affiliations with government agencies.  The board is also
authorized to conduct investigations; issue subpoenas; suspend,
revoke, and deny licenses; and cause complaints to be filed with
the Administrative Hearing Commission.

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS; CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS

Licensed professional counselors and clinical social workers
holding licenses in other states are allowed to make application
for a Missouri license if they pass a written examination and
meet certain criteria.

MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

Persons are prohibited from using the title or saying they are
marital and family therapists or provisional marital and family
therapists without being duly licensed by the State Committee of
Marital and Family Therapists.  The bill allows marital and
family therapists holding licenses in other states to make
application for a Missouri license if they pass a written
examination and meet certain criteria.

HOSPITAL LICENSES

The Department of Health and Senior Services will not license a
facility as a hospital if it is devoted primarily to conducting
certain specialty procedures until August 28, 2005.

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

A person holding an electrical contractor license issued by any
political subdivision in this state, whose requirements are equal
to or exceed the requirements of St. Louis County, will be valid
in any political subdivision in this state.

The bill contains a severability clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:14 am