SB 158

This bill requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services to grant

preliminary credentials to certain individuals who have recently completed the

requirements to obtain a health care credential.

Under the bill, DSPS must grant a preliminary credential to an individual who

attests to meeting all of the requirements for a corresponding permanent or training

credential, including having completed all education, training, supervised

experience, and similar requirements within the previous two-year period. The

individual must also attest that he or she does not, to the best of his or her knowledge,

have a disqualifying arrest or conviction record, and that he or she has been engaged

by a health care employer to provide services that are within the scope of the

credential that he or she is seeking. Finally, the individual must have also submitted

an application for the permanent or training credential that remains pending.

The health care employer must submit to DSPS the employer's national

provider identifier and attest to having engaged the individual to provide the

aforementioned services. The health care employer must also attest that the

individual has, to the best of the health care employer's knowledge and with a

reasonable degree of certainty, completed the required education, training, and

supervised experience necessary for the corresponding permanent or training

credential within the two years preceding the submission of the application for the

preliminary credential, has passed required examinations, and has passed a

background check performed by the health care employer.

The preliminary credential becomes effective upon the submission of the

attestation by the health care employer or on a later date specified therein. The

preliminary credential expires on the date that the application for the permanent or

training credential is granted or denied. While providing services under a

preliminary credential, the person is subject to all responsibilities and limitations

of the corresponding permanent or training credential.