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This bill requires occupational regulating authorities in Arizona, which are state agencies that oversee specific professions and trades, to establish criteria for granting licenses, certificates, or registrations through apprenticeship programs. These criteria must ensure that applicants have completed an apprenticeship program approved by either the U.S. Department of Labor or Arizona's Department of Economic Security (DES), either at a state-licensed school or through training with a DES-approved individual who holds the same license the applicant is seeking. If an examination is required for licensure, the bill mandates that apprenticeship program graduates must pass it, and the passing score cannot unfairly disadvantage them compared to graduates from vocational or trade schools. Occupational regulating authorities are also given the power to create rules to put these provisions into effect.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84029