PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2363
PRINTER'S NO. 2437
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1882
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, VENKAT, HADDOCK, SANCHEZ, MADDEN AND HILL-
EVANS, DECEMBER 6, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 12, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed))
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and
duties, further providing for civil penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3108(b) of Title 63 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 3108. Civil penalties.
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(b) Additional powers.--In addition to the disciplinary
powers and duties of the licensing boards and licensing
commissions within the bureau under their respective practice
acts, licensing boards and licensing commissions shall have the
power, respectively:
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(9) To rescind a license, registration, certification or
permit issued by the professional or occupational licensing
board or licensing commission where there is probable cause
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that the license, registration, certification or permit was
issued based on documentation provided by or on behalf of the
applicant that was found to be false or fraudulent. The
licensing board or licensing commission shall provide at
least 10 BUSINESS days' notice of the rescission of the
license, registration, certification or permit and shall
offer the applicant the opportunity to demonstrate that the
license, registration, certification or permit was not issued
based on false or fraudulent documentation at a post-
rescission hearing before the appropriate licensing board or
licensing commission , WHICH SHALL OCCUR WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE
RESCISSION . IF THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE LICENSE,
REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION OR PERMIT WAS NOT ISSUED BASED ON
FALSE OR FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTATION AT A POST-RESCISSION
HEARING, THE LICENSING BOARD OR LICENSING COMMISSION MAY NOT,
ABSENT NEW EVIDENCE OF FALSE OR FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTATION,
RESCIND THE LICENSE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION OR PERMIT OF
THE APPLICANT.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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