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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                        HOUSE BILL NO. 1795
                               103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                               INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY.

     4507H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                                AN ACT
     To amend chapter 324, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the practice of
           certain licensed professions.


     Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

             Section A. Chapter 324, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
 2   known as section 324.1720, to read as follows:
             324.1720. 1. As used in this section, the term "political subdivision" means any
 2   county, township, city, incorporated town, or village in this state.
 3           2. The general assembly hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of
 4   legislation concerning the practice of licensed professions regulated under chapters 330,
 5   331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, and 340. A political subdivision is preempted from
 6   enacting, maintaining, or enforcing any order, ordinance, rule, regulation, policy, or
 7   other similar measure that prohibits, restricts, limits, regulates, controls, directs, or
 8   interferes with the practice of such licensed professions.
 9           3. Nothing in this section shall preclude or preempt a political subdivision from
10   exercising its lawful authority to regulate zoning or land use, to enforce a building or
11   fire code regulation, to impose a tax or license fee for the privilege of carrying on a
12   profession described in subsection 2 of this section consistent with the laws regulating
13   such taxes or license fees, or to otherwise regulate for the general health, safety,
14   sanitation, and welfare as long as the order, ordinance, rule, regulation, policy, or other
15   measure does not interfere with, restrict, or limit the ability of a lawfully licensed
16   professional to engage in any act or perform any procedure that falls within the


     EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
     intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
HB 1795                                         2

17 professionally recognized scope of practice of the licensed professional in the practice of
18 a profession described in subsection 2 of this section.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced (4507H.01): 324.1720