HOUSE BILL NO. 2300 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE OEHLERKING.
5831H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 324, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to professional licensing.
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 324.004, to read as follows: 324.004. 1. Any person who has at least three years of work experience in an 2 occupation or profession in another state, the District of Columbia, or any combination 3 of such jurisdictions, and whose work experience involved the practice of an occupation 4 or profession for which a license is not required in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in 5 which the person worked but is required in this state, may submit an application for a 6 one-time nonrenewable two-year temporary license in this state in the occupation or 7 profession, along with proof of at least three years of work experience in the occupation 8 or profession and a fee as set by regulation of the oversight body, to the relevant 9 oversight body in this state. The oversight body shall make a determination of 10 qualification within forty-five days of receiving a completed application. 11 2. The oversight body shall require an applicant under this section to take and 12 pass the examination specific to the occupation or profession which is required for 13 licensure by those individuals applying pursuant to the provisions of the oversight 14 body's statutory and regulatory authority. An oversight body that administers an 15 examination on the laws of this state as part of its licensing application requirements 16 may require an applicant under this section to take and pass an examination specific to 17 the laws of this state.
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 2300 2
18 3. The oversight body shall not issue a one-time nonrenewable temporary license 19 to any applicant described in subsection 1 of this section who has had any license in the 20 relevant occupation or profession revoked by an oversight body outside of this state, 21 who is currently under investigation, who has a complaint pending, or who is currently 22 under disciplinary action. 23 4. Applicants for the one-time nonrenewable temporary license shall be citizens 24 of the United States and shall submit legal proof of citizenship as part of the application. 25 5. If an applicant is not currently residing in this state, the oversight body shall 26 conditionally approve the application contingent upon receipt of proof of domicile in 27 this state within ninety days of the applicant receiving the temporary license. If the 28 applicant fails to provide proof within ninety days of receiving the temporary license, 29 the oversight body may terminate the temporary license and the applicant may reapply 30 for a temporary license. 31 6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following: 32 (1) Any occupation whose oversight body has entered into a licensing compact 33 with another state for the regulation of practice under the oversight body's jurisdiction. 34 The provisions of this section shall not be construed to alter the authority granted by, or 35 any requirements promulgated pursuant to, any interjurisdictional or interstate 36 compacts adopted by this state or any reciprocity agreements with other states, and 37 whenever possible the provisions of this section shall be interpreted so as to imply no 38 conflict between it and any compact or any reciprocity agreement with other states; 39 (2) Any occupation set forth in subsection 6 of section 290.257 or any electrical 40 contractor licensed under sections 324.900 to 324.945; 41 (3) Any occupation whose regulators or licensees are required to comply with 42 specific federal statutory, regulatory, and administrative requirements in order to 43 practice in this state; or 44 (4) Assistant physicians licensed under chapter 334. 45 7. The one-time nonrenewable temporary license shall expire after two years. 46 Upon expiration, the individual shall be required to apply for a permanent license in 47 accordance with the license requirements for the occupation for which he or she held the 48 temporary license. 49 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a license issued 50 under this section shall be valid only in this state and shall not make a licensee eligible to 51 be part of an interstate compact. An applicant who is licensed in another state pursuant 52 to an interstate compact shall not be eligible for licensure by an oversight body under 53 the provisions of this section. HB 2300 3
54 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a license issued 55 under this section shall be valid only in this state and shall not make a licensee eligible to 56 obtain a license by reciprocity in another state. 57 10. As used in this section, the term "oversight body" means any board, 58 department, agency, or office of a jurisdiction that issues occupational or professional 59 licenses. 60 11. The division of professional registration may promulgate rules to implement 61 the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 62 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall 63 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 64 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable 65 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to 66 review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 67 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or 68 adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. ✔
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