SENATE, No. 2205

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MAY 16, 2016

Sponsored by:

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

     Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

An Act concerning professional and occupational licenses and supplementing P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    Each professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15), shall provide on its Internet website a secure process to allow applicants to complete online any application documents, including any fee payments, required to obtain an initial license, certificate of registration, or certification, or renewal of an existing license, certificate of registration, or certification, as the case may be, and to submit electronically all necessary documentation for review and approval of that board.

     2.    Each professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15), pursuant to the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this act.

     3.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the 12^th month next following enactment, but each board may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

     This bill stipulates that each professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) shall provide on its Internet website a secure process to allow applicants to complete online any application documents including any fee payments, required to obtain an initial license, certificate of registration, or certification, or renewal of an existing license, certificate of registration, or certification, as the case may be, and to submit electronically all necessary documentation for review and approval of the board.