An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1536
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H569 (House)
Amends: 10 MRSA §8010, 10 MRSA §8011

HOUSE AMENDMENT" f)" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1103, 
L.D. 1536, Bill, "An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after Part C the following: 
'PARTD 
Sec. D-l. 10 MRSA §8010, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 311, § 1, is repealed. 
Sec. D-2. 10 MRSA §8011 is enacted to read: 
§8011. Veterans and military spouses 
By January 1, 2014, each board, commISSIon, office and agency within the 
department listed in section 8001 or affiliated with the department under section 800 I-A 
shall adopt a process to facilitate qualified returning military veterans and qualified 
spouses of returning military veterans or of active duty service members to qualify for 
professional licenses granted by those boards, commissions, offices and agencies in an 
expeditious manner. For the pumoses of this section, "returning military veteran" means 
a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been honorably discharged 
from active duty. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Office 
of Professional and Occupational Regulation and each licensing board within or affiliated 
with the department shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant for 
professional or occupational licensure, accept education, training or service completed by 
the applicant as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or Reserves of the 
United States Armed Forces, the national guard of any state, the military reserves of any 
state or the naval militia of any state toward the qualifications to receive the license. 
1. Endorsement. The board, commission, office or agency may permit a returning 
military veteran or a spouse of a returning military veteran or of an active duty service 
member who holds a comparable license in another state to acquire a license by 
endorsement in this State for the remainder of the term of the license from the other state 
or until a license is obtained in this State. 
2. Temporary license. The board, commission, office or agency may permit a 
returning military veteran or a spouse of a returning military veteran or of an active duty 
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service member who holds a comparable license in another state to obtain a temporary 
license in this State for a period of time necessary to obtain a license in this State. 
3. Acceptance of military credentials. The board, commission, office or agency 
shall permit a returning military veteran whose military training qualifies the veteran for a 
license in a profession or occupation that requires a license in this State to acquire a 
temporary license until a license is issued. 
4. Continuing education requirements. The board, commission, office or agency 
may allow a full or partial exemption from continuing education requirements for a 
returning military veteran or the spouse of a returning military veteran or of an active 
duty service member. Evidence of completion of continuing education requirements may 
be required for a subsequent license or renewal. A board, commission, office or agency 
shall provide that continuing education requirements may be met by comparable military 
training. 
Sec. D-3. Effective date. Those sections of this Part that repeal the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 8010 and enact Title 10, section 8011 take effect 90 
days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment corrects a numbering problem created by Public Law 2013, chapters 
and 311, which enacted 2 substantially different sections of law using the same 
section number. 
Section 1 repeals the version of Title 10, section 8010 enacted by 
chapter 311 and section 2 enacts the language as Title 10, section 8011, but without a 
sentence that was inadvertently not deleted from Legislative Document 1137, "An Act To 
Facilitate Veterans' and Their Spouses' Access to Employment, Education and Training," 
by the committee amendment to that legislative document. 
SPONSORED BY: 
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(Representative PRIEST) 
TOWN: Brunswick 
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