(1) The general assembly intends that:
(a) Each state agency that authorizes more than ten occupations to practice or oversees other agencies that authorize more than ten occupations to practice should have implemented this part 2 for:
At least twenty-five percent of the occupations by December 30, 2018;
At least fifty percent of the occupations by December 30, 2020; and
All of the occupations by December 30, 2022;
(b) Each state agency that authorizes ten or fewer occupations to practice or oversees other agencies that authorize ten or fewer occupations to practice should have implemented this part 2 for:
(I) At least fifty percent of the occupations by December 30, 2018; and (II) All of the occupations by December 30, 2020.
(2) (a) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11), each state agency that authorizes an occupation to practice shall provide by June 30, 2017, and by June 30 of each year thereafter until June 30, 2023, a written report of its progress in implementing this part 2 to each member of: The general assembly; the business affairs and labor committee of the house of representatives; the business, labor, and technology committee of the senate; the state, veterans, and military affairs committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees.
(b) This subsection (2) is repealed, effective July 1, 2023.
Source: L. 2016: Entire part added, (HB 16-1197), ch. 190, p. 675, § 2, effective August 10.