Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB435: Clarifying laws related to professional license discipline
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to professional license discipline; standardizing misconduct, sanctions, and reinstatement provisions for professional licenses; providing standards for licensees and license applicants to report misconduct; providing standards for immunity from liability; reorganizing provisions for reports of licensee misconduct to the board of medical examiners and the board of dentistry; standardizing unprofessional conduct provisions for all boards and programs; adding standard forms of misconduct applicable to all boards and programs…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSE DISCIPLINE; STANDARDIZING MISCONDUCT, SANCTIONS, AND REINSTATEMENT PROVISIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSES; PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR LICENSEES AND LICENSE APPLICANTS TO REPORT MISCONDUCT; PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY; REORGANIZING PROVISIONS FOR REPORTS OF LICENSEE MISCONDUCT TO THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND THE BOARD OF DENTISTRY; STANDARDIZING UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT PROVISIONS FOR ALL BOARDS AND PROGRAMS; ADDING STANDARD FORMS OF MISCONDUCT APPLICABLE TO ALL BOARDS AND PROGRAMS; STANDARDIZING TERMS RELATED TO SANCTIONS FOR BOARDS AND PROGRAMS; REORGANIZING SANCTIONS FOR BOARDS AND PROGRAMS; CLARIFYING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME A BOARD OR PROGRAM MAY ORDER A PROBATIONARY LICENSE THROUGH A SANCTION; REPEALING UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS RELATED TO SANCTIONS FOR BOARDS AND PROGRAMS; STANDARDIZING REINSTATEMENT PROCESSES FOR LICENSING BOARDS AND PROGRAMS; CLARIFYING THAT THE PROCESS OF REINSTATEMENT ONLY APPLIES TO REVOKED LICENSES; REVISING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; REPEALING DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS 28-10-103, 37-1-312, 37-1-314, 37-1-316, 37-1-321, 37-1-406, 37-1-408, 37-1-410, 37-3-104, 37-3-404, 37-3405, AND 37-4-313, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTIONS 37-1-105, 37-3-324, 37-3-401, 37-4-312, 37-4-314, 37-11-320, 37-12-323, AND 37-17-314, MCA. Section 1. Duty to report actions -- immunity from liability -- reports in compliance with rulemaking. (1) A license applicant shall immediately report to the department any action against the applicant that arises while the application is pending and relates to the applicant's qualifications or fitness to practice the profession or …