This report contains OPLR’s findings and recommendations regarding the occupational regulation of marriage & family therapy. These occupation-specific recommendations are intended to be implemented in conjunction with OPLR’s recommendations for changes to the regulation of the behavioral health field as a whole. Click here to access the report.
2024 Periodic Review: Massage Therapy
This report details the findings and recommendations that resulted from OPLR’s periodic review of massage therapy licensing. Massage Therapy Report – Full Report. Click here to access.Massage Therapy Report – Executive Summary. Click here to access.
2024 Periodic Review: Building Inspection
This report details the findings and recommendations that resulted from OPLR’s periodic review of building inspector licensing. Building Inspection Report – Full Report. Click here to access.Building Inspection Report – Executive Summary. Click here to access.
2024 Periodic Review: Cosmetology
This report details the findings and recommendations that resulted from OPLR’s periodic review of cosmetology licensing. Cosmetology Report – Full Report. Click here to access.Cosmetology Report – Executive Summary. Click here to access. The ‘Minimum Service Count to Hour Conversion’ sheets below illustrate how OPLR used minimum service counts for individual cosmetology services to build up to a training hour …
State Of Utah, Utah Attorney General, & Utah Division of Consumer Protection Sue UnitedHealthcare Group And Express Scripts For Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s Role In Quadrupling Opioid Sales
Powerful Middlemen Substantially Contributed to Utah Opioid Deaths SALT LAKE CITY – As Utah leads national strategies to fight opioid overdoses, addiction, and destruction, Attorney General Sean Reyes on behalf of the State of Utah and Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection filed a complaint today in Summit County, Utah against two of the nation’s largest Pharmacy Benefit …
Utah Division of Securities Announces $5.9 Million Distribution to Victims of Rust Rare Coins Ponzi Scheme
December 23, 2024 — Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Securities (Division) is pleased to announce that an additional $5.9 million has been distributed to victims of the Rust Rare Coins Ponzi scheme, as directed by the court-appointed receiver, Jonathan O. Hafen. This latest distribution brings the total restitution to nearly $30 million for …
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WINS PRESTIGIOUS RAGAN PR DAILY AWARD
[Salt Lake City, Utah] — The Utah Department of Commerce has won Ragan’s PR Daily Awards in the Public Service Campaign category. Ragan’s PR Daily Awards celebrates the top communications campaigns, events, initiatives, publications, and more that were instrumental in the success of organizations and clients. Ragan held a special award celebration on December 11 at the City Winery in …
Legislative Inquiry Report: Continuing Education
This report evaluates the use and efficacy of continuing education (CE) requirements for licensed professions in Utah at the request of Rep. Thurston (House District 62). Click here to access.
Legislative Inquiry Report: Alternative Licensure Pathways for Educators (APPEL)
This report evaluates several questions Rep. Jefferson Moss (House District 51) raised about the Utah State Board of Education’s Alternative Pathway to Professional Educator License (APPEL) and its requirements. Click here to access.


