§436B-2  General definitions.  As
used in this chapter:



"Board" means any board or commission
which is created and authorized by statute to issue a professional or
vocational license, and is established within or transferred to the department
for administrative purposes or subject to the administrative control or
supervision of the director.



"Department" means the department of
commerce and consumer affairs.



"Director" means the director of
commerce and consumer affairs.



"Executive secretary" or equivalent
expressions means the individual employed by the department subject to chapter
76, who shall assist the licensing authority in administering this chapter, its
licensing laws, rules, and orders, and who shall perform such other ministerial
duties and delegated functions as authorized by law.



"Forfeit" or "forfeiture"
means the immediate and automatic termination or cancellation without any prior
consultation with the licensee of a license issued by a board, caused by a
licensee's voluntary or involuntary failure to comply with the requirements for
maintaining or renewing a license.



"License" means the permission to
engage in a profession or vocation granted by the applicable licensing
authority to a person who has satisfied every requirement for licensure, and
shall include any registration, certificate, or other document issued by the
licensing authority reflecting proof of permission.



"Licensee" means the person in whose
name the licensing authority grants a license.



"Licensing authority" or "authority"
means the director, or any licensing board or commission under the
administrative control of the director pursuant to section 26-9(c), authorized
by statute to grant or to deny licenses.



"Licensing laws" means the applicable
chapter providing for the regulation, licensing, and practice of a profession
or vocation by the licensing authority.



"Person" includes an individual,
partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, business, trust, or any
organized group of persons or legal entity, or any combination thereof.



"Program" means any regulatory
program in which the director is authorized by law to grant or to deny a
license to a person seeking permission to engage in a profession or vocation.



"Reinstate" or
"reinstatement" means the permission to engage in a profession or
vocation granted by the applicable licensing authority to a person whose
license has been previously suspended by the licensing authority.



"Renew" or "renewal" means
the permission to engage in a profession or vocation granted by the applicable
licensing authority to a licensee who has applied for an extension of a current
and valid license.



"Restore" or "restoration"
means the permission to engage in a profession or vocation granted by the
applicable licensing authority to a person whose license has been previously
forfeited by the licensing authority. [L 1991, c 111, pt of §2; am L 1992, c
202, §7; am L 2000, c 253, §150]