A. Except for health care professions, every administrative body, state agency director or official with authority over any occupational or professional license or certification, and each of the respective examining and licensing boards, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that an applicant for licensure or certification is a low-income individual, shall grant a one-time one-year waiver of any fees associated with such licensure or certification. For purposes of the section, "low-income individual" means an individual who is enrolled in a state or federal public assistance program, including, but not limited to, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or whose household adjusted gross income is below one hundred forty percent (140%) of the federal poverty line or a higher threshold to be set by the executive branch department that oversees business regulation.
B. Each administrative body, state agency director or official with authority over any occupational or professional license or certification, and each of the respective examining and licensing boards, shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2018, c. 284, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.