Bill Text: NH HB234 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to occupational and professional boards and commissions procedures concerning military service and occupational experience or training.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-23 - Rereferred to Committee, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; [HB234 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HB234-Amended.html
HB 234 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
13Mar2013… 0633h
2013 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 234
AN ACT relative to occupational and professional boards and commissions procedures concerning military service and occupational experience or training.
SPONSORS: Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 5; Rep. Tamburello, Rock 5; Rep. Griffin, Rock 7; Rep. Kappler, Rock 3; Rep. L. Ober, Hills 37; Rep. R. Ober, Hills 37; Rep. LeBrun, Hills 32; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. W. O'Brien, Hills 5; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 11
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires boards and commissions granting licenses, certificates, or registrations to credit acceptable military education, training, or service to grant inactive status of licenses, certificates, or registrations during active military service; and to facilitate the issuance of licenses, certificates, or registrations for a spouse of a member of the armed forces.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13Mar2013… 0633h
13-0461
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to occupational and professional boards and commissions procedures concerning military service and occupational experience or training.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Occupations and Professions; Military Training or Experience; Spouses. RSA 332-G:7 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
332-G:7 Military Service; Occupational Experience or Training; Spouses.
I. Each of the boards or commissions established in this title shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence with an application for licensure, certification, or registration, accept education, training, or service completed by an individual as a member of the armed forces, as defined in defined in RSA 21:50, II, toward the qualifications required to receive the license, certificate, or registration in question.
II. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, upon the request of a licensee or registration or certificate holder who is a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard and is called to active duty, the corresponding board or commission shall place the person’s license registration, or certificate on inactive status. The license registration, or certificate may be reactivated within one year of the person’s release from active status by payment of the renewal fee and with proof of completion of the most current continuing education requirement, if any, unless still within the renewal period.
III. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each of the boards or commissions under this title authorized to conduct licensure, certification, or registration, and examinations therefor, shall upon the presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant before the board or commission, facilitate the issuance of a license or certification for a person: (i) who is certified or licensed in a state other than New Hampshire; (ii) whose spouse is a member of the armed forces in the United States; (iii) whose spouse is the subject of a military transfer to New Hampshire; and (iv) who left employment to accompany a spouse to New Hampshire. The procedure shall include, but not be limited to, facilitating the issuance of a license, certificate, or registration if, in the opinion of the board or commission, the requirements for licensure, certification, or registration of such other state are substantially equivalent to the requirements for licensure, certification, or registration in New Hampshire.
IV. Every board or commission under this title shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A for:
(a) What constitutes military education, training, or service acceptable for the specific regulated occupation or profession, as required under paragraph I.
(b) The procedures and notice required for the inactive status of licenses, certificates, or registrations under paragraph II.
(c) Procedures for facilitating issuance of licenses, certificates, or registrations for a spouse of a member of the armed forces as required in paragraph III.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
