Draft of New Licensing Regulations Available

Now is the time for everyone to take a very close look at the proposed changes to the licensing rules. Many areas have been clarified, several areas have been moved to other sections of the regulations, and some new items have been added. A work group, with significant representation from ACCA members, worked on this final draft. This is the last opportunity for everyone to provide “informal” comments directly to DHS. Comments are due by April 27, 2010. We would ask if you feel very strongly about any item that you let us at ACCA know also so we are aware of our members concerns. After April 27th, DHS will review the comments, perhaps make further comments based on these changes, and then issue a formal, legal notice of proposed rulemaking, hold public hearings, and ultimately present their final recommended changes to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for final approval. These regulations could be implemented by December, or even as early as October if the ACCA legislation, SB 1315 passes.

Click here to View The Draft Rules.   

Unless you have been following every step of the process and want to see how it evolved, I recommend printing the 7 page Summary of Changes – it explains what has changed. Then, you can work with the April 2010 draft (it contains all the changes). Note; words and sentences with lines through them are being stricken or moved. Words and sentences that are underlined reflect sections that have been moved or are new.