Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4151%20sub.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&billtype=B&houseorig=H&i=4151
Timestamp: 2018-01-19 06:22:35
Document Index: 353684562

Matched Legal Cases: ['§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30', '§30']

Committee Substitute House Bill 4151 History
A BILL to repeal §30-1-6a and §30-1-6b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to further amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §30-1B-1, §30-1B-2, §30-1B-3, §30-1B-4, §30-1B-5, §30-1B-6, §30-1B-7, §30-1B-8 and §30-1B-9, all relating to professional licensing requirements for certain military members and their spouses; making legislative findings; requiring certain boards to consider military education, training and experience upon application for licensure, certification or registration; providing for licensure renewal during active duty and for six months thereafter for service members and their spouses without meeting requirements of continuing education in certain circumstances and without payment of fees; requiring licensees, certificate holders and registrants to submit waiver requests to the boards; providing for expedited temporary licenses for spouses of active duty service members in certain circumstances; providing for waiver of temporary license application fees in certain circumstances; providing boards with rule-making authority; requiring boards to collect certain data on applications for licensure; requiring boards to report data on waivers and temporary licenses in their annual reports; applicability; and providing for liberal construction of article.
(a) Except as provided in section eight, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all boards referred to in this chapter shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant for licensure, certification or registration, consider the individual’s education, training or experience as a member of the Armed Forces or Reserves of the United States, the National Guard of any state, or the military reserves of any state, as part of the evaluation process toward the qualifications to receive, or take examination for, that respective professional license, certification or registration.
(a) During periods when the licensee, certificate holder or registrant is on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and deployed outside of this state, and for six months after discharge from active duty, his or her license, certification or registration shall continue in good standing and shall be renewed, upon receipt of a waiver request pursuant to subsection (b):
(a) During periods when the licensee, certificate holder or registrant is accompanying his or her spouse who is on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and deployed outside of this state, and for six months after his or her spouse is discharged from active duty, his or her license, certification or registration shall continue in good standing and shall be renewed, upon receipt of a waiver request pursuant to subsection (b):
The Boards referred to in this chapter shall collect data about whether an applicant or his or her spouse is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States on all application forms for licensure, certification or registration, and include data regarding the numbers of temporary licenses and waivers of fees and continuing education requirements in the annual reports required by the provisions of section seventeen, article one of this chapter.