GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 954 2024 Regular Session Mena
LICENSING: Provides relative to occupations and professions.
DIGEST
Present law provides that each of the following regulatory authorities shall have the power
to deny a license, certificate, or permit, or to take disciplinary action, pursuant to the
disciplinary procedures of the respective regulatory authority against any licensee or
certificate holder found by the authority to be guilty of any crime or offense of moral
turpitude:
(1)Engineering and Surveying. (R.S. 37:698(A)(3))
(2)Geoscientists. (R.S. 37:711.23(A)(3))
(3)Embalming and funeral directors. (R.S. 37:846(A)(9))
(4)Nursing. (R.S. 37:921(8))
(5)Optometry. (R.S. 37:1061(A)(4))
(6)Pharmacy. (R.S. 37:1241(A)(4))
(7) Physician assistants. (R.S. 37:1360.33(7))
(8)Genetic counselors. (R.S. 37:1360.108(A)(2))
(9)Realtors. (R.S. 37:1437(B)(1), 1437.1(B)(2), and 1450(A)(3))
(10)Veterinarians. (R.S. 37:1526(A)(5))
(11)Animal euthanasia technicians. (R.S. 37:1554(A)(9))
(12)Financial planning and management services. (R.S. 37:2585(2))
(13)Hearing aid dealers. (R.S. 37:2453(1))
(14)Shorthand reporters. (R.S. 37:2557(A)(1)(b))
(15) Equine dentists. (R.S. 37:1565(A)(2))
(16)Polygraphists. (R.S. 37:2838(A)(1) and 2848(e))
(17)Real estate appraisers. (R.S. 37:3396(D)(3) and 3409(E)(3))
(18)Clinical exercise physiologists. (R.S. 37:3429(A)(1))
(19)Rehabilitation counselors. (R.S. 37:3449(A)(1))
(20)Private investigator. (R.S. 37:3507(A)(3))
Proposed law removes the crime or offense of moral turpitude from the offenses or violations
for which the respective regulatory authority shall take disciplinary action or deny licensure
or certification for refusal of a license.
Present law provides that licenses from the real estate commission shall be granted only to
persons, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations, or other legal
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to transact the real estate activities.
Proposed law removes the requirement that an entity bear a good reputation for honesty,
trustworthiness, integrity, and competence.
Present law provides that if an applicant has been convicted of forgery, embezzlement,
obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or theft, or
has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude in any court of
competent jurisdiction, such untrustworthiness of the applicant, and the conviction, may in
itself be sufficient grounds for refusal of a license.
Proposed law removes present law provisions relative to crimes involving moral turpitude
and that such untrustworthiness of the applicant, and the conviction, may in itself be
sufficient grounds for refusal of a license.
Present law provides for the criminal record effect on trade, occupational, and professional
licensing.
Proposed law provides that licensing boards shall not use vague or generic terms including
but not limited to the phrases "moral turpitude" and "good character".
(Amends R.S. 37:698(A)(3), 711.23(A)(3), 846(A)(9), 1061(A)(4), 1241(A)(4),
1360.108(A)(2), 1437(B)(intro para) and (1), 1437.1(B)(intro para) and (2), 1450(A)(3),
1526(A)(5), 1554(A)(9), 2585(2), 2838(1), 2848(e), 3396(D)(3), 3409(E)(3), 3429(A)(1),
3449(A)(1), and 3507(A)(3); adds R.S. 37:2950(C); repeals R.S. 37:921(8), 1360.33(7),
1565(A)(2), 2453(1), and 2557(A)(1)(b))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and International Affairs to the reengrossed bill
1. Make technical changes.
2. Restore present law provisions relative to a conviction of certain crimes to be
sufficient grounds for refusal of a license.
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