Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 1. Duties and Authority of Department, Director, and Boards

Military Training Or Experience To Satisfy Licensing Or Certification Requirements -- Rulemaking

37-1-145. (Temporary) Military training or experience to satisfy licensing or certification requirements -- rulemaking. (1) Each licensing board or the department on behalf of a program shall adopt rules that provide that certification or licensure requirements established by that board or program may be met by relevant military training, service, or education completed by an individual as a member of the armed forces or reserves of the United States, the national guard of a state, or the military reserves.

(2) (a) An applicant for certification or licensure shall provide to the board or, if applying for licensure by a program, to the department satisfactory evidence, as specified in rule, of receiving military training, service, or education that is equivalent to relevant certification or licensure requirements.

(b) The department and each licensing board shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant for certification or licensure, accept education, training, or service completed by an individual as a member of the armed forces or reserves of the United States, the national guard of a state, or the military reserves toward the qualifications to receive the license or certification.

37-1-145. (Effective July 1, 2024) Military training or experience to satisfy licensing or certification requirements -- rulemaking. Each board and program shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant for certification or licensure, accept relevant education, training, or service completed in the armed forces or reserves of the United States or the national guard, military reserves, or naval militia of a state toward the qualifications to receive the license or certification.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 2013, and Sec. 1, Ch. 320, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 261, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 390, L. 2023.