Section Plc 304.06 - Initial Review of Applications for Initial Licensure; Abandonment(a) Within 30 days of receipt of an application submitted pursuant to Plc 304.01 or Plc 304.02, the licensing bureau shall:(1) Accept the application as being complete;(2) Accept the application as being complete except for test results; or(3) Determine that the application is incomplete because it lacks something other than, or in addition to, test results, and notify the applicant in writing sent to the applicant's designated email address that the application is incomplete, specifying what the applicant needs to submit to complete the application.(b) If the application is complete except for test results and the test has not yet been taken because permission is needed from the applicable board, the licensing bureau shall transmit the needed authorization to the applicant, provided the applicant meets the criteria to test specified in applicable law.(c) If the application is complete except for test results, and either the test has been taken but the testing organization has not sent in the results or the applicant has registered for the test but has not yet taken the test, the licensing bureau shall hold the application until the results are received, but no more than 180 days.(d) A notice of incompleteness sent pursuant to (a)(3), above, shall inform the applicant that the application will be deemed to have been abandoned if the application is not completed within 60 days, provided that test results shall not be subject to the 60-day time limit.(e) An applicant who is unable to complete the application by the specified deadline due to circumstances beyond the control of the applicant may request additional time to complete the application in accordance with (f), below.(f) A request for additional time to complete an application shall:(1) Identify the name in which the application was submitted, the date the application was submitted, and the profession for which the application was submitted;(2) Be submitted by the applicant in writing to the licensing bureau via email to customersupport@oplc.nh.gov no later than the deadline specified for completing the application;(3) Clearly explain the circumstances that are beyond the applicant's control that prevent the applicant from completing the application by the deadline; and(4) Identify the date by which the applicant will complete the application, which shall be no later than 60 days after the original deadline.(g) The licensing bureau shall grant additional time to complete the application if the applicant is prevented by circumstances beyond the applicant's control from completing the application and requests additional time in accordance with (f), above.(h) An application shall be deemed abandoned, and no decision shall be made to approve or deny the application, if the applicant submits an incomplete application for initial licensure and either:(1) Does not provide the required information and does not request additional time to complete the application by the specified deadline; or(2) Requests and receives additional time to complete the application but does not submit the required information by the new deadline.(i) If the application is abandoned, then:(1) The application processing fee shall not be refunded;(2) Any examination fee for an examination administered by the licensing bureau on behalf of the applicable board shall be refunded only if:a. The applicant has not already taken the examination;b. The applicant's payment has cleared; andc. The OPLC has not already spent the funds in preparation for administering the examination; and(3) Any inspection fee for an inspection required for licensure shall be refunded only if: a. The inspection has not already been done; andb. The applicant's payment has cleared.N.H. Admin. Code § Plc 304.06
Derived from Number 15, Filed April 13, 2023, Proposed by #13606, Effective 5/1/2023, Expires 5/1/2033.