Sponsored by:
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman BETTYLOU DECROCE
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman GAIL PHOEBUS
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Stack and Oroho
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Stack, Oroho, Assemblywomen Jimenez, Muoio, Assemblymen Ciattarelli, S.Kean, Singleton, Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblyman Rooney and Assemblywoman Jasey
SYNOPSIS
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on December 14, 2017, with amendments.
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 1[12th] 36th1 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.