SS/SB 61 - This act modifies provisions relating to professional licensing.
TEMPORARY LICENSES (SECTION 324.004)
Under this act, any person who has at least 3 years of work experience in an occupation or profession in another state or the District of Columbia that does not use a license to regulate that occupation or profession may submit an application for a license in Missouri, with proof of experience and U.S. citizenship, to the relevant oversight body. Within 45 days of receiving the application, the oversight body shall make a determination of qualification. The oversight body shall require an applicant to take and pass a profession-specific examination and may require an examination specific to Missouri laws.
A license issued under this act shall be a one-time, non-renewable, two-year temporary license. If the applicant is not residing in Missouri, the oversight body shall conditionally approve the application. If an applicant fails to provide proof of domicile in Missouri within 90 days of receipt of temporary license, the oversight board may terminate the temporary license and the applicant may reapply for the temporary license.
Upon expiration of the temporary license, individuals shall be required to apply for a permanent license, consistent with the licensure and application requirements of that license as set forth in statute and rule. A license issued under this act shall not be qualified for reciprocity with another state or as part of an interstate compact. The provisions of this act shall not apply to certain specified professions.
This provision is similar to a provision in SB 817 (2024), in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 88 (2023) and HB 1900 (2022).
LICENSE WAIVERS FOR SPOUSES OF MISSOURI LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (SECTION 324.009)
Current law requires an oversight body for professional licenses to waive any examination, educational, or experience requirements within 30 days for a resident military spouse or a nonresident military spouse and shall issue such applicant a license if the applicant meets all other requirements. This act provides such waiver to resident and nonresident spouses of Missouri law enforcement officers, as such term is defined in the act. Additionally, this act repeals provisions relating to application to oversight bodies that have entered into licensing compacts.
This provision is substantially similar to HCS/HB 946 (2025) and is similar to SB 283 (2025).
PHYSICIAN LICENSURE (SECTIONS 334.031 & 334.035)
This act requires a candidate applying for licensure as a physician to submit to a criminal background check and furnish certain educational and experience documents. This act also allows the Board of Registration for the Healing Arts ("Board") to require applicants to list all licenses to practice as a physician currently or previously held in another state, territory, or country and to disclose any past or pending investigations, discipline, or sanctions for such licenses. The Board may also obtain a report on the applicant from the National Practitioner Data Bank or the Federation of State Medical Boards.
Additionally, this act specifies that an applicant who has completed an unaccredited postgraduate training in a medical subspecialty for which there is no program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ("ACGME") shall satisfy the training requirements for permanent licensure as required by state rules if such training occurred in a teaching hospital accredited by ACGME. The training period shall be equal to or exceed an accredited postgraduate training program. The Board shall waive such training requirements for any applicant who has been a licensed physician in good standing in another state for more than three years.
These provisions are identical to provisions in SCS/SB 292 (2025), is substantially similar to provisions in SB 1030 (2024), and is similar to HB 2753 (2024) and HB 1279 (2023).
CLINICAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (SECTION 345.050)
This act modifies the requirements for licensure as a speech pathologist or audiologist by providing for completion of a clinical fellowship under the direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist in good standing, rather than under the direct supervision of a person licensed by the state of Missouri in the profession in which the applicant seeks to be licensed.
This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 268 (2025), SB 431 (2025), in HB 478 (2025), in HB 765 (2025), and in SCS/HB 834 (2025).
APPLICATION OF THE MONEY TRANSMISSION MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2024 TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS (SECTION 361.909)
The Money Transmission Modernization Act of 2024 shall not apply to any person appointed as an agent of payor for payroll processing services who would otherwise need to be licensed by the Director of the Division of Finance within the Department of Commerce and Insurance if certain conditions specified in the act apply.
KATIE O'BRIEN