§ 23-91-1. Service member licensure.
(a) The director and each member of the examining and licensing boards 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 any state, the Military Reserves
of any state, or the Naval Militia of any state toward the qualifications to receive
the license or certification. The director and each appropriate examining and licensing
board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
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§ 23-91-1. Service member licensure.
(a) The director and each member of the examining and licensing boards 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 any state, the Military Reserves
of any state, or the Naval Militia of any state toward the qualifications to receive
the license or certification. The director and each appropriate examining and licensing
board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each health related board shall establish
a procedure to expedite the issuance of a license, certification or permit to perform
professional services regulated by each such board to a person who is certified or
licensed in another state to perform professional services in a state other than Rhode
Island. The procedure shall include:
(1) Issuing the person a license, certificate or permit, if, in the opinion of the board,
the requirements for certification or licensure of such other state are substantially
equivalent to that required in this state; or
(2) Developing a method to authorize the person to perform professional services regulated
by the board in this state by issuing the person a temporary permit for a limited
period of time to allow the person to perform professional services while completing
any specific requirements that may be required in this state that were not required
in the state in which the person was licensed or certified.