Bill > A591

Introduced Session

This bill permits certain State professional and occupational licensees to work from a remote location under certain circumstances. Only those licensees that are able to provide, from the remote location, services within the scope of practice of the specific profession or occupation in which the individual is licensed, certified, or registered, may be able to work from a remote location. Under the bill, a "remote location" is defined to mean the licensee's home or another location selected by the licensee. The bill authorizes a licensee to work from home if the licensee: (1) unless otherwise permitted by ensures that no in-person customer interactions are conducted at the remote location, and does not designate the remote location to consumers or customers as a business location; (2) maintains appropriate safeguards for licensee and consumer data, information, and records, including the use of secure virtual private networks, where appropriate; (3) employs appropriate risk-based monitoring and oversight processes of work performed from a remote location, and maintains records of the same; (4) ensures consumer information and records are not maintained at a remote location; (5) ensures consumer and licensee information and records remain accessible and available for regulatory oversight and exams; and (6) as appropriate, provides employee training to keep all conversations about, and with, consumers, conducted from a remote location confidential, as if conducted from a commercial location, and to ensure remote licensees work in an environment conducive and appropriate to that privacy.

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Robert Karabinchak (D)*,  Carol Murphy (D)*,  Sterley Stanley (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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