Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB227: Revise laws related to board seals and responsibilities
Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act eliminating individual board seals, standardizing document authentication, and clarifying responsibilities for professional licensing boards; eliminating redundancies in organizational statutes for individual professional licensing boards; eliminating conflicting provisions in statutes for individual professional licensing boards; amending sections 37-3-301, 37-10-202, 37-13-201, 37-13-304, 37-15-202, 3718-305, 37-24-202, 37-50-201, 37-51-201, 37-66-303, and 37-68-201, mca; and repealing sections 37-3-201, 37-4-201, 37-8-201, 37-17-201, 37-28-103, 37-31-201, and 37-67-201, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ELIMINATING INDIVIDUAL BOARD SEALS, STANDARDIZING DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION, AND CLARIFYING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARDS; ELIMINATING REDUNDANCIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL STATUTES FOR INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARDS; ELIMINATING CONFLICTING PROVISIONS IN STATUTES FOR INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARDS; AMENDING SECTIONS 37-3-301, 37-10-202, 37-13-201, 37-13-304, 37-15-202, 3718-305, 37-24-202, 37-50-201, 37-51-201, 37-66-303, AND 37-68-201, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTIONS 37-3-201, 37-4-201, 37-8-201, 37-17-201, 37-28-103, 37-31-201, AND 37-67-201, MCA. Section 1. Section 37-3-301, MCA, is amended to read: "37-3-301. License required -- kinds of licenses. (1) Before being issued a license, an applicant may not engage in the practice of medicine in this state. (2) The department may issue two kinds of licenses under the board's seal, a physician's license and a resident license. (3) The board shall provide guidelines by administrative rule for the practice of telemedicine by physicians. (4) A license issued by the board that has not expired prior to July 1, 2015, remains valid until renewal unless the licensee is otherwise subject to disciplinary proceedings." Section 2. Section 37-10-202, MCA, is amended to read: "37-10-202. Rulemaking power -- seal. (1) The board may adopt rules for the regulation, conduct, supervision, and procedure governing all applicants for licensure as optometrists and the practice of optometry not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. - 1 - Authorized Print Version - SB 227 ENROLLED …