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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 7, 2013 02:13 PM |
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| From: | Senator Robert M. Tomlinson |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Amendments to Act 48 |
| Please join me in cosponsoring amendment to Act 48 of 1993 which outlines the general duties Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. The Bureau is responsible for 29 licensing boards. Recent events regarding misconduct by licensees require that this law be strengthened. All licensees, registrants and certificate holders would have an obligation to report any disciplinary conduct in another jurisdiction by a licensing board or an arrest, indictment or conviction. The bill provides a time frame for the individuals to make the report. Failure to report will result in disciplinary action. In addition, serious crimes have been alleged against various licensees and this legislation would provide each licensing board and commission with authority identical to that provided to the Medical boards. Each board would be able to automatically suspend a licensee, under circumstances, as determined by the respective licensing board, to be an “immediate and clear danger to the public health and safety.” This remedy has been available to the Medical Board since 1985. |
Introduced as SB627