If the legislature had determined that the issuance of temporary licenses for cigarette excise purposes was warranted, presumably it would have explicitly provided for such a statutory provision. See, for example, Wm. In many instances, the legislature has explicitly allowed temporary licensure. Generally, temporary licenses are issued in response to an emergency situation, to prevent an emergency situation from arising, or when the preservation of the public welfare necessitates their issuance. The use of such licenses in occupational situations is generally confined to health care workers, or to nonresident professionals performing temporary services of a public or emergency nature in the state.
Temporary licenses are always of limited duration and often contain other restrictions.