Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 657 - Pharmacy Board › Chapter 33 - Military Service and Veteran Reciprocity › Rule 657-33.2 - Military Education, Training, and Service Credit

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A military service applicant may apply for credit for verified
				military education, training, or service toward any experiential or educational
				requirement for pharmacist licensure, pharmacist-intern registration, or
				technician registration by submitting a military service credit application
				form to the board office. The board shall make available an application for
				military service credit.
(1)
Military service credit application.
A military service credit
			 application may be submitted with an application for licensure, examination, or
			 registration or may be submitted prior to the submission of an application for
			 licensure, examination, or registration. No fee is required with submission of
			 a military service credit application.
(2)
Credit identified.
The
			 applicant shall identify the experiential or educational licensure or
			 registration requirement to which the credit would be applied if granted.
			 Credit shall not be applied to an examination requirement.
(3)
Submission of verification
			 documentation.
The applicant shall provide documents, military
			 transcripts, a certified affidavit, or forms that verify completion of the
			 relevant military education, training, or service, which may include, when
			 applicable, the applicant's Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active
			 Duty (DD Form 214) or Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET)
			 (DD Form 2586).
(4)
Credit
			 determination.
Upon receipt of a completed military service credit
			 application, the board shall promptly determine whether the verified military
			 education, training, or service will satisfy all or any part of the identified
			 experiential or educational qualifications for licensure or
			 registration.
(5)
Granting
			 of credit.
The board shall grant credit requested in the application
			 in whole or in part if the board determines that the verified military
			 education, training, or service satisfies all or part of the experiential or
			 educational qualifications for licensure or registration.
(6)
Notification of credit
			 determination.
The board shall inform the military service applicant
			 in writing of the credit, if any, given toward an experiential or educational
			 qualification for licensure or registration or explain why no credit was
			 granted. The applicant may request reconsideration of the board's determination
			 upon submission of additional documentation or information.
(7)
Consideration of
			 applications.
The board shall grant or deny the military service
			 credit application prior to ruling on the application for licensure,
			 examination, or registration. The applicant shall not be required to submit any
			 fees in connection with the license or registration application until the board
			 issues a determination on the military service credit application. If the board
			 does not grant the military service credit application, the applicant may
			 withdraw any license or registration application and application fee, if
			 submitted, or the applicant may request that the application be placed in
			 pending status. The withdrawal of a license or registration application and fee
			 shall not preclude subsequent applications supported by additional
			 documentation or information.