2E Relating to health occupations; modifying certain provisions for individuals operating x-ray equipment; specifying certain examination requirements for limited x-ray operators; providing for limited x-ray machine operator practice, specifying certain exemptions; authorizing the commissioner of health to grant a variance to the scope of practice under certain conditions; appropriating money to the commissioner for examination procedures purposes for individuals operating x-ray equipment; modifying a requirement relating to the amount of time given to complete the United States medical licensing examination (USMLE) for certain medical school graduates from the United States or Canada, authorizing the board of medical practice to grant time extensions and increase attempts permitted to pass the USMLE under conditions of applicants being diagnosed with medical illness during the process of taking the USMLE, authorizing the board of medical practice to allow certain foreign medical school graduates to use a credentials verification service; eliminating the expiration dates for the physician assistant advisory, acupuncture advisory, respiratory care, and licensed traditional midwifery advisory councils; modifying certain grounds that the state board of chiropractic examiners may affect the status of a chiropractic license; clarifying educational requirements for speech language pathologists, requiring audiologists to possess a masters or doctoral degree meeting certain requirements; modifying the educational requirements for licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, requiring physical therapist assistants licensure, specifying application content requirements and examinations required for licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, regulating physical therapist assistants duties and observation of assistants and aides, authorizing physical therapist assistant temporary permits, specifying requirements for foreign education applicants, requiring physical therapist assistant licensure renewal, license in good standing cancellation, credential cancellation under disciplinary order, modifying board of physical therapy rulemaking requirements, modifying board disciplinary actions, making conforming statutory and technical changes, prescribing penalties for misrepresentation of physical therapist assistant, specifying physical therapist and physical therapist assistant fees; modifying fees for licensed professional counselors (LPC) and alcohol and drug counselors by the board of behavioral health and therapy, establishing licensure requirements for licensed professional clinical counselors (LPCC), specifying general and supervision requirements, specifying procedures for conversion from a LPC to a LPCC, modifying the definitions of mental health professional and qualified professional to include a LPCC, establishing fees for LPCCs; establishing licensing requirements for foreign trained professional counselors; extending the sunset for the experienced counselor transition provision; modifying certain social work licensing provisions, providing for provisional social work licenses, specifying requirements for provisional licenses, providing for supervised practice and documentation of supervision, authorizing the board of social work to issue a temporary license to practice social work to applicants under certain conditions, providing for extension of temporary licenses at the discretion of the board; establishing the ¿Minnesota Board of Social Work Practice Act¿, recodifying statutes relating to social work, defining certain terms and the scope of practice, creating the board of social work, specifying membership requirements and duties, authorizing board adoption and enforcement of rules, requiring and providing for the licensing and regulation of social workers, graduate social workers, independent social workers and independent clinical social workers by the board, specifying certain examination requirements, providing for licensure by reciprocity and by endorsement, specifying certain criminal background check requirements, authorizing and providing for board issuance of temporary licenses under certain conditions, specifying certain exemptions from the licensure requirements, providing for license renewals, specifying certain requirements for inactive status qualification, providing for reactivation, regulating voluntary license terminations and name and address changes, requiring and providing for board issuance of license wall certificates and license cards, specifying certain supervised practice and documentation requirements and certain requirements of supervisors, requiring certain clock hours, specifying certain continuing education and education providers approval requirements, authorizing certain variances to the continuing education requirements, prescribing certain license and continuing education provider fees, specifying certain standards of practice and certain grounds for disciplinary action, prohibiting sexual conduct, requiring treatment and intervention services to be based on assessments or diagnoses; specifying certain recordkeeping requirements, providing for confidentiality, regulating the charging of fees and billing practices, specifying certain reporting requirements, granting the board certain investigative authority and regulating the types of actions allowed to be taken by the board, authorizing the issuance of cease and desist orders and providing for injunctive relief in the district court, providing for certain voluntary actions, specifying certain requirements of nonlicensees, regulating the use of titles and specifying certain reporting requirements, imposing a penalty for certain violations; authorizing electronic signatures and transmission for brand name and generic prescriptions, requiring the board of pharmacy to register qualified applicants as pharmacy technicians as determined by the board, setting requirements for prescriptions by electronic means; modifying complaint dismissal procedure by health related licensing boards; requiring the board of social work to make recommendations to the legislature by a certain date on increasing the number of licensed social workers serving underserved communities; requiring the board of social work to issue a social worker license under certain conditions, providing an exception to social work licensure requirements; clarifying the applicability of rules relating to physical therapists and physical therapist assistants; repealing provisions relating to the licensing of physical therapists; repealing the Minnesota board of social work practice act
(Ch. 123, 2007)