Boards -- Duties, functions, and responsibilities.

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  • (1) The duties, functions, and responsibilities of each board established under this title include the following:
    • (a) recommending to the director appropriate rules;
    • (b) recommending to the director policy and budgetary matters;
    • (c) approving and establishing a passing score for applicant examinations;
    • (d) screening applicants and recommending licensing, renewal, reinstatement, and relicensure actions to the director in writing;
    • (e) assisting the director in establishing standards of supervision for students or persons in training to become qualified to obtain a license in the occupation or profession it represents; and
    • (f) acting as presiding officer in conducting hearings associated with adjudicative proceedings and in issuing recommended orders when so designated by the director.
  • (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to boards created in Title 58, Chapter 55, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act.
  • (3)
    • (a) Each board or commission established under this title may recommend to the appropriate legislative committee whether the board or commission supports a change to a licensing act.
    • (b) This Subsection (3) does not:
      • (i) require a board's approval to amend a practice act; and
      • (ii) apply to technical or clarifying amendments to a practice act.




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