Professional licensing-military members.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0054

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0083

Professional licensing-military members.

Sponsored by:
Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT
relating to professions and occupations; providing for the issuance of professional
and occupational
licenses to past or present members of the military as specified; providing for the consideration of military education and training as specified;
requiring rulemaking;

and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 33
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116 is created to read:

33
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116.

Professional and occupational licensure of military service members.

(a)

As used in this section:

(
i
)

"
Applicant
"
means a person seeking licensure, certification or registration from a professional or occupational licensing board under this title
of the Wyoming statutes;

(i
i
)

"
Military service member
"
means an active
status
or former uniformed member of the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, United States public health service commissioned corps, national oceanic and atmospheric administration commissioned corps, national guard or any reserve
or auxiliary component thereof
whose characterization of service upon release from service is honorable
.

(b)

In determining whether a military service member
applicant
'
s
education and training meet a
professional or occupational licensing board
'
s respective educational and training requiremen
ts, the board shall consider any
relevant education and training received by the applicant as a member of the armed forces or reserves of the United States, the national guard of any state, the military reserves of any state or the naval militia of any stat
e.

(c
)

Unless otherwise provided in this section,
m
ilitary service member applicants shall be subject to
the other provisions of this title and to
any
requirements
properly adopted
by the professional or occupational licensing board to which the applicant has applied.

(d
)

A professional or occupational licensing board
shall
adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

Section 2.
This act shall apply to applications for professional licensing which are filed on or after July 1, 2013.

Section 3.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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