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007.04.15-XIX. Uniform Service Members Licensure

AR ADC 007.04.15-XIXArkansas Administrative CodeEffective: May 8, 2022

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Title 007. Department of Health
Division 04. Environmental Health Services
Rule 15. Rules Pertaining to Plumbers License Fee, Expiration, Renewal, Journeyman Plumber, Master Plumber and Restricted Plumber Qualifications
Effective: May 8, 2022
Ark. Admin. Code 007.04.15-XIX
Formerly cited as AR ADC 007.04.15-XVIII; AR ADC 007.24.1-XVIII
007.04.15-XIX. Uniform Service Members Licensure
Currentness
1. Definitions
(a) “Automatic licensure” means granting the occupational licensure without an individual having met occupational licensure requirements provided under the Arkansas Code or by other provisions in these Rules.
(b) “Uniformed service member” means an active or reserve component member of the United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Space Force, or National Guard; an active component member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps; or an active or reserve component member of the United States Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
(c) “Uniformed service veteran” means a former member of the United States uniformed services discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
2. Applicability
This Rule applies to a:
(1) uniformed service member stationed in the State of Arkansas;
(2) uniformed service veteran who resides in or establishes residency in the State of Arkansas;
(3) The spouse of (1) or (2) including a:
(a) uniformed service member who is assigned a tour of duty that excludes the spouse from accompanying the uniformed service member and the spouse relocates to Arkansas;
(b) uniformed service member who is killed or succumb to his or her injuries or illness in the line of duty if the spouse establishes residency in Arkansas.
3. Automatic Licensure
Automatic Licensure shall be granted to persons listed in section 2 if:
(a) The person is a holder in good standing of occupational licensure with similar scope of practice issued by another state, territory, or district of the United States and;
(b) The person pays the applicable licensure fee in SECTION V LICENSE FEES unless eligible for fee exemption through Act 725 of 2021.
4. Credit toward initial licensure
Relevant and applicable uniformed service education, training, or service-issued credential shall be accepted toward initial licensure for a uniformed service member or a uniformed service veteran who makes an application within one (1) year of his or her discharge from uniformed service.
5. Expiration Dates and Continuing Education
(a) A license expiration date shall be extended for a deployed uniformed service member or spouse for one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the uniformed service member's return from deployment.
(b) A uniformed service member or spouse shall be exempt from any applicable continuing education or recertification requirements for backflow testing and repair technicians and plumbing and gas inspectors for one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the uniformed service member's return from deployment.
(c) Any uniformed service member or spouse exercising the exemption shall provide evidence of completion of any applicable continuing education with in the one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the uniformed service member's return from deployment.

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Adopted Sept. 28, 2020. Amended May 8, 2022.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 007.04.15-XIX, AR ADC 007.04.15-XIX
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