SENATE BILL No. 742

 

 

January 22, 2014, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

 

"Occupational code,"

 

by amending section 213 (MCL 339.213).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 213. (1) If a person has not previously been denied a

 

license or a certificate of registration or had a license or a

 

certificate of registration revoked or suspended, the department

 

may grant a nonrenewable temporary license or certificate of

 

registration to an applicant for licensure or registration or

 

transfer of licensure or registration pursuant to under any of

 

articles 8 to 25.29.

 

     (2) As If approved by a board, a temporary license or

 

certificate of registration issued under this section subsection is

 

valid until 1 or more of the following occurs:

 


     (a) The results of the next scheduled examination are

 

available.

 

     (b) The results of the next required evaluation procedure are

 

available.

 

     (c) A license or certificate of registration is issued.

 

     (d) The next examination date of an examination for licensure

 

or registration in the applicable occupation, if the applicant does

 

not take the examination.

 

     (e) The applicant fails to meet the requirements for a license

 

or certificate of registration.

 

     (f) A change in employment is made.

 

     (2) In addition to a temporary license or certificate of

 

registration under subsection (1), the department may grant a

 

temporary license or certificate of registration for an occupation

 

under this act to an individual who meets all of the following:

 

     (a) He or she is married to a member of the armed forces of

 

the United States who is on active duty.

 

     (b) He or she holds a current license or registration in that

 

occupation issued by an equivalent licensing department, board, or

 

authority, as determined by the board, in another state of the

 

United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United

 

States Virgin Islands, another territory or protectorate of the

 

United States, or a foreign country.

 

     (c) He or she provides proof acceptable to the department that

 

his or her spouse is assigned to a duty station in this state and

 

that he or she is also assigned to a duty station in this state

 

under his or her spouse's official active duty military orders.

 


     (d) He or she submits his or her fingerprints to the

 

department of state police to have a criminal history check

 

conducted and requests that the department of state police forward

 

his or her fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for

 

a national criminal history check. The department of state police

 

shall conduct a criminal history check and request the federal

 

bureau of investigation to make a determination of the existence of

 

any national criminal history pertaining to the individual. The

 

department of state police shall provide the department with a

 

written report of the criminal history check if the criminal

 

history check contains any criminal history record information. The

 

department of state police shall forward the results of the federal

 

bureau of investigation determination to the department within 30

 

days after the request is made. The department shall notify the

 

individual in writing of the type of crime disclosed on the federal

 

bureau of investigation determination without disclosing the

 

details of the crime. The department of state police may charge a

 

reasonable fee to cover the cost of conducting the criminal history

 

check. The criminal history record information obtained under this

 

subdivision shall be used only for the purpose of evaluating an

 

applicant's qualifications for the temporary license or

 

registration for which he or she applied. The department shall not

 

disclose the report or its contents to any person who is not

 

directly involved in evaluating the applicant's qualifications for

 

the temporary license or registration. Information obtained under

 

this subdivision is confidential, is not subject to disclosure

 

under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to

 


15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any person except for

 

purposes of this section or for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (3) A temporary license or registration issued under

 

subsection (2) is valid for 1 year and may be renewed for

 

additional 1-year terms if the department determines the temporary

 

licensee or registrant continues to meet the requirements of

 

subsection (2).

 

     (3) A The department may place a limitation on a temporary

 

license or certificate of registration may be limited as defined in

 

granted under this section under article 1.