SB 233

This bill makes a number of changes regarding the process for the granting of

professional credentials by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and

credentialing boards in DSPS, including all of the following:

1. The bill explicitly allows a credentialing board to delegate authority to DSPS

to make determinations regarding whether an applicant satisfies the requirements

to be granted a credential and authority to grant or deny a credential in accordance

with that determination.

2. Once an application for a credential is considered complete following an

investigation conducted by DSPS, DSPS must, for a credential that is granted by a

credentialing board, either 1) forward the application to the board or the board's

designee with DSPS's recommendation regarding approval or denial of the

application or 2) if DSPS has been delegated the authority to make a determination

on the application, directly approve or deny the application in accordance with its

determination. If DSPS forwards an application to the board or the board's designee

with a recommendation that it be approved, the bill requires that the application be

considered automatically approved by the board on the tenth business day

thereafter, unless the application is acted on sooner or unless the board or its

designee takes certain other actions before that date.