Bill Text: NJ A2882 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires professional boards to provide credits toward requirements for licensure for veterans with substantially equivalent training.*
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-7)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-06 - Approved P.L.2013, c.49. [A2882 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A2882-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MATTHEW W. MILAM
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblywoman GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman TIMOTHY J. EUSTACE
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Tucker
SYNOPSIS
Requires professional boards to provide waivers or exemptions from requirements for licensure for veterans with substantially equivalent training.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning professional and occupational licenses and supplementing P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any other act or regulation to the contrary, a professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) that issues a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification for which professional training, education, or experience is required shall provide, by regulation, waivers or exemptions from requirements toward licensure or certification for any applicant who received training, education, or experience while serving as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States that is substantially equivalent to the training, education, or experience required for licensure or certification. Each board shall provide for methods of evaluating the equivalence of training, education, or experience obtained in the Armed Forces of the United States to the training, education, or experience required by the board for licensure or certification, and, within 180 days after the effective date of this act, promulgate regulations on the partial or total waiver or exemption from requirements toward licensure or certification to be provided for substantially equivalent training, education, or experience obtained in the Armed Forces of the United States.
b. Within 180 days after the effective date of this act, each professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) that issues licenses or certificates for which professional training, education, or experience is required shall report to the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs concerning that board's compliance with the requirements of subsection a. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires professional or occupational boards that issue professional or occupational licenses, certificates of registration, or certifications for which professional training, education, or experience is required to provide, by regulation, waivers or exemptions from requirements toward licensure or certification for any applicant who received training, education, or experience while serving as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States that is substantially equivalent to the training, education, or experience required for licensure or certification. The bill requires each board to provide for methods of evaluating the equivalence of training, education, or experience obtained in the Armed Forces of the United States to the training, education, or experience required by the board for licensure or certification, and promulgate regulations on the partial or total waiver or exemption from requirements toward licensure or certification to be provided for substantially equivalent training, education, or experience obtained in the Armed Forces of the United States.
This bill also requires each professional or occupational board that issues licenses or certificates for which professional training, education, or experience is required to report to the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs concerning that board's compliance with the requirements of the bill by 180 days following the date of enactment.
