SB 150

Enrolled Copy  S.B. 150
1Healthcare Providers Scope of Practice Amendments
  2026 GENERAL SESSION
  STATE OF UTAH
  Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers
  House Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan
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3  LONG TITLE
4  General Description:
5      This bill amends provisions relating to the Office of Professional Licensure Review.
6  Highlighted Provisions:
7      This bill:
8      ▸ defines terms;
9      ▸ requires that the Office of Professional Licensure Review (office) conduct a scope of
10  practice review (review);
11      ▸ provides how a requestor may request a review;
12      ▸ requires that the office make a determination as to whether the office will conduct a
13  review;
14      ▸ requires that, when conducting a review, the office convene a group to consult on the
15  review;
16      ▸ provides which individuals the office shall include in a group to consult on the review;
17      ▸ requires that the office determine whether to provide a recommendation that a regulated
18  healthcare occupation incorporate an innovation into the regulated healthcare
19  occupation's practice;
20      ▸ requires that the office create a report that details the office's recommendation following a
21  review;
22      ▸ requires that the office provide the report to the Business and Labor Interim Committee;
23      ▸ requires that the office create a final report after incorporating any changes from the
24  Business and Labor Interim Committee;
25      ▸ provides the criteria the office shall consider when conducting a review; and
26      ▸ makes technical changes.
27  Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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28None
29   Other Special Clauses:
30None
31   Utah Code Sections Affected:
32   AMENDS:
3313-1b-203 (Effective 05/06/26) (Repealed 07/01/34), as last amended by Laws of Utah
342025, Chapter 483
3513-1b-304 (Effective 05/06/26) (Repealed 07/01/34), as last amended by Laws of Utah
362025, Chapter 483
37   ENACTS:
3813-1b-401 (Effective 05/06/26), Utah Code Annotated 1953
3913-1b-402 (Effective 05/06/26), Utah Code Annotated 1953
4013-1b-403 (Effective 05/06/26), Utah Code Annotated 1953
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42   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
43Section 1. Section 13-1b-203 is amended to read:
4413-1b-203 (Effective 05/06/26) (Repealed 07/01/34). Duties.
45      The office shall:
46   (1) for each application submitted in accordance with Section 13-1b-301, conduct a sunrise
47review in accordance with Section 13-1b-302 before November 1:
48(a) of the year in which the application is submitted, if the application is submitted on or
49before July 1; or
50(b) of the subsequent year, if the application is submitted after July 1;
51   (2) in accordance with Section 13-1b-303, conduct a review of each regulated occupation at
52least once every 10 years;
53   (3) review and respond to [any] a legislator inquiry regarding a proposed or existing
54regulated occupation;
55   (4) publish on the office's website a submission form where an individual may provide
56feedback regarding an existing occupational regulation within the office's jurisdiction
57that the individual requests the office repeal or modify;
58   (5) engage in a systematic review of the rules that relate to occupational regulations within
59the office's jurisdiction in accordance with Section 13-1b-302;[ and]
60   (6) report to the Business and Labor Interim Committee in accordance with Section
6113-1b-304[.] ; and
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62  (7) conduct a scope of practice review in accordance with Part 4, Scope of Practice Review.
63Section 2. Section 13-1b-304 is amended to read:
6413-1b-304 (Effective 05/06/26) (Repealed 07/01/34). Reporting.
65  (1) On or before October 1, the office shall annually prepare and submit a written report to
66      the Business and Labor Interim Committee that describes the office's work during the
67      prior year.
68  (2) In a written report described in Subsection (1), the office shall include:
69      (a) a summary of each periodic review, each sunrise review, each rule review, and each
70response to a legislator inquiry;
71      (b) each recommendation the office made to another state executive branch agency
72regarding a regulated occupation;[ and]
73      (c) a summary of information received during the previous year by the office under
74Subsection 13-1b-203(4) including:
75(i) the total number of submissions the office receives;
76(ii) each rule for which an individual filed a submission[.] ;
77      (d) each request for a scope of practice review that the office receives in accordance with
78Section 13-1b-403; and
79      (e) each scope of practice review the office completes in accordance with Section
8013-1b-403.
81Section 3. Section 13-1b-401 is enacted to read:
82Part 4. Scope of Practice Review
8313-1b-401 (Effective 05/06/26). Definitions.
84     As used in this part:
85  (1) "Healthcare practitioner" means an individual licensed in a regulated healthcare
86      occupation.
87  (2)(a) "Innovation" means an upgrade in technology that the office determines has the
88      potential to augment the ability of a healthcare practitioner to provide a patient:
89(i) better access to healthcare;
90(ii) better health outcomes; or
91(iii) lower healthcare costs.
92      (b) "Innovation" does not include an upgrade in technology that solely functions to
93provide advice or treatment to a patient without an interaction between a healthcare
94practitioner and patient.
95  (3) "Regulated healthcare occupation" means a regulated occupation where licensees of the
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96regulated occupation are primarily engaged in healthcare.
97   (4) "Requestor" means:
98(a) a legislator; or
99(b) a representative of:
100(i) an entity that employs healthcare practitioners;
101(ii) an institution of higher education that provides training to prospective and current
102healthcare practitioners; or
103(iii) a professional group of healthcare practitioners.
104   (5) "Scope of practice review" means a review that the office conducts to determine
105whether to recommend that a regulated healthcare occupation should incorporate an
106innovation into the regulated healthcare occupation's practice in a way that would
107expand the scope of the regulated healthcare occupation's license.
108   (6) "Upgrade in technology" means an addition or change to:
109(a) a medical apparatus;
110(b) a medical appliance;
111(c) artificial intelligence;
112(d) a medical device;
113(e) medical equipment;
114(f) a medical implant;
115(g) a medical implement;
116(h) a medical tool; or
117(i) any other technology the office determines has the potential for a healthcare
118practitioner to use in the healthcare practitioner's practice.
119Section 4. Section 13-1b-402 is enacted to read:
12013-1b-402 (Effective 05/06/26). Scope of practice review -- Process.
121   (1) A requestor may request a scope of practice review by submitting a request for scope of
122practice review in a form the office approves.
123   (2)(a) Upon receipt of a request for scope of practice review, the office shall:
124(i) make a determination as to whether the office will conduct a scope of practice
125review; and
126(ii) notify the chairs of the Business and Labor Interim Committee of the request for
127scope of practice review.
128(b) After making a determination described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), the office shall:
129(i) if the office declines to conduct a scope of practice review, provide the requestor
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130with a reason for the denial; or
131(ii) if the office intends to conduct a scope of practice review:
132(A) inform the requestor that the office will conduct a scope of practice review;
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134(B) conduct a scope of practice review in accordance with Subsection (3).
135  (3)(a) When conducting a scope of practice review, the office shall convene a group of
136      individuals to advise on the impact of the expansion of the scope of review.
137      (b) When selecting the individuals for the group described in Subsection (3)(a), the
138office:
139(i) in consultation with the applicable board appointed in accordance with Section
14058-1-201, shall select at least:
141(A) one individual that the applicable board approves from the regulated
142occupation that the proposed expansion of scope will affect; and
143(B) one other individual from the regulated occupation that the proposed
144expansion of scope will affect; and
145(ii) may select one or more of the following individuals:
146(A) a representative of an entity that employs healthcare practitioners;
147(B) a representative of an institution of higher education that provides training to
148prospective and current healthcare practitioners; and
149(C) an individual with technical expertise relevant to the scope of practice review.
150      (c) In consultation with the group described in Subsection (3)(a), the office shall:
151(i) consider the criteria described in Section 13-1b-403; and
152(ii) determine whether to provide a recommendation that a regulated healthcare
153occupation incorporate an innovation into the regulated healthcare occupation's
154practice.
155  (4) If the office determines that a regulated healthcare occupation should incorporate an
156      innovation into the regulated healthcare occupation's practice, the office shall create a
157      preliminary report to present to the Business and Labor Interim Committee that:
158      (a) recommends how the regulated healthcare occupation may incorporate the
159innovation into the regulated healthcare occupation's scope of practice; and
160      (b) describes how incorporating the innovation expands the regulated healthcare
161occupation's scope of practice.
162  (5) The office shall provide the preliminary report described in Subsection (4) to the
163      Business and Labor Interim Committee in accordance with Section 13-1b-304.
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164   (6) Upon receiving the preliminary report under Subsection (5), the Business and Labor
165Interim Committee may:
166(a) recommend draft legislation to address the preliminary report described in
167Subsection (4);
168(b) recommend that the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing make rules
169in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; or
170(c) take any other action that the Business and Labor Interim Committee deems
171appropriate.
172   (7) After presenting the preliminary report, the office shall create and publish a final report
173based on the preliminary report and any recommendations provided by the Business and
174Labor Interim Committee.
175Section 5. Section 13-1b-403 is enacted to read:
17613-1b-403 (Effective 05/06/26). Scope of practice review -- Criteria.
177      When conducting a scope of practice review in accordance with Subsection 13-1b-203(7)
178   and Section 13-1b-402, the office shall consider the following criteria:
179   (1) the strength of evidence, data, or information indicating the innovation will provide:
180(a) safer or more effective healthcare;
181(b) more accessible healthcare; or
182(c) more affordable healthcare;
183   (2) the potential of the innovation to improve the following:
184(a) the safety or efficacy of healthcare;
185(b) healthcare accessibility; or
186(c) healthcare affordability;
187   (3) the probability, severity, and permanence of any risk an innovation poses to a patient;
188   (4) the level of interest from employers, healthcare practitioners, and educators to test or
189adopt the innovation;
190   (5) the availability of adequate training or education for healthcare practitioners to learn
191about the innovation;
192   (6) the degree to which other jurisdictions adopt or use the innovation; and
193   (7) any other criteria that the office adopts by rule that the office makes in accordance with
194Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
195Section 6. Effective Date.
196   This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026.
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