Delaware General Assembly

CHAPTER 264

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 203

AS AMENDED BY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fifths of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Chapter 21 of Title 5 of the Delaware Code by adding a new §2117 to read as follows:

Ҥ2117. Multi-State Automated Licensing system.

(a) The Commissioner is authorized to participate in any automated system involving one or more other states that will facilitate any aspect of the application and licensing processes of this Chapter.

(b) Upon joining any such system, the Commissioner may by regulation establish:

(1) Any additional requirements for a license under this Chapter that the Commissioner determines are necessary for participation in the system;

(2) Pre-licensing education and testing, and post-licensing continuing education of individuals employed by the applicants or licensees subject to the system; and

(3) Any additional investigation fees, any fees paid directly to the administrator of the system, or any other fee required by the system to process an application or maintain a license, in such amount as the Commissioner determines is necessary to participate in the system.

(c) The administrator of any such system in which the Commissioner participates is authorized to act on behalf of the Commissioner to collect from the applicants and licensees subject to the system any payments due the Commissioner under this Chapter, to collect information and maintain records in electronic or other format relating to those applicants and licensees, and to submit fingerprints and any other information required for a criminal history background check to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other law enforcement agency.

(d) Information maintained on any such system in which the Commissioner participates regarding the applicants and licensees subject to the system may be shared with any other state participating in that system for the purpose of licensing, regulating, or supervising that same applicant or licensee under a statute similar to this Chapter, if that state could have obtained that same information directly from the applicant or licensee under its own law. The Commissioner shall ensure that the system maintains appropriate confidentiality, privacy, data security, and security breach notification policies that are in full compliance with Delaware law.”

Section 2. Amend Chapter 22 of Title 5 of the Delaware Code by adding a new §2213A to read as follows:

Ҥ2213A. Multi-State Automated Licensing System.

(a) The Commissioner is authorized to participate in any automated system involving one or more other states that will facilitate any aspect of the application and licensing processes of this Chapter.

(b) Upon joining any such system, the Commissioner may by regulation establish:

(1) Any additional requirements for a license under this Chapter that the Commissioner determines are necessary for participation in the system;

(2) Pre-licensing education and testing, and post-licensing continuing education of individuals employed by the applicants or licensees subject to the system; and

(3) Any additional investigation fees, any fees paid directly to the administrator of the system, or any other fee required by the system to process an application or maintain a license, in such amount as the Commissioner determines is necessary to participate in the system.

(c) The administrator of any such system in which the Commissioner participates is authorized to act on behalf of the Commissioner to collect from the applicants and licensees subject to the system any payments due the Commissioner under this Chapter, to collect information and maintain records in electronic or other format relating to those applicants and licensees, and to submit fingerprints and any other information required for a criminal history background check to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other law enforcement agency.

(d) Information maintained on any such system in which the Commissioner participates regarding the applicants and licensees subject to the system may be shared with any other state participating in that system for the purpose of licensing, regulating, or supervising that same applicant or licensee under a statute similar to this Chapter, if that state could have obtained that same information directly from the applicant or licensee under its own law. The Commissioner shall ensure that the system maintains appropriate confidentiality, privacy, data security, and security breach notification policies that are in full compliance with Delaware law.”

Section 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon enactment into law.

Approved June 30, 2008