Missouri SB 476: Allows any person, including a nonresident military spouse of Missouri to apply for a license in Missouri, provided such person also submits proof of current licensure in any jurisdiction and any required application fee

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 476
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN.
Read 1st time February 27, 2019, and ordered printed.
ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary.
2404S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal sections 324.008 and 324.009, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new
section relating to professional licensing reciprocity for nonresident military
spouses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 324.008 and 324.009, RSMo, are repealed and one new
2 section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 324.009, to read as follows:
324.009. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "License", a license, certificate, registration, permit, or accreditation
3 that enables a person to legally practice an occupation or profession in a
4 particular jurisdiction; except that "license" shall not include a certificate of
5 license to teach in public schools under section 168.021;
6 (2) "Nonresident military spouse", a nonresident spouse of an
7 active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has
8 been transferred or is scheduled to be transferred to the state of
9 Missouri, is domiciled in the state of Missouri, or has moved to the state
10 of Missouri on a permanent change-of-station basis;
11 (3) "Oversight body", any board, department, agency, or office of a
12 jurisdiction that issues licenses; except, for the purposes of this section, oversight
13 body shall not include the state board of registration for the healing arts, the
14 state board of nursing, the board of pharmacy, the state committee of
15 psychologists, the Missouri dental board, the Missouri board for architects,
16 professional engineers, professional land surveyors and professional landscape
17 architects, the state board of optometry, or the Missouri veterinary medical board.
18 2. Any [resident] person including, but not limited to, any
EXPLANATION--Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted in the law.

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19 nonresident military spouse of Missouri who holds a valid current license
20 issued by another state, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia
21 may submit an application for a license in Missouri in the same occupation or
22 profession for which he or she holds the current license, along with any
23 required application fee and proof of current licensure in [the] all other
24 [jurisdiction] jurisdictions, to the relevant oversight body in this state.
25 3. The oversight body in this state shall, within [six months] ninety days
26 of receiving an application described in subsection 2 of this section, waive any
27 examination, educational, or experience requirements for licensure in this state
28 for the applicant if it determines that the licensing requirements in the
29 jurisdiction that issued the applicant's license are substantially similar to or more
30 stringent than the licensing requirements in Missouri for the same occupation or
31 profession.
32 4. The oversight body shall not waive any examination, educational, or
33 experience requirements for any applicant who is currently under disciplinary
34 action with an oversight body outside the state or who does not hold a valid
35 current license in the other jurisdiction on the date the oversight body receives
36 his or her application under this section.
37 5. The oversight body shall not waive any examination, educational, or
38 experience requirements for any applicant if it determines that waiving the
39 requirements for the applicant may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.
40 6. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the oversight body from denying
41 a license to an applicant under this section for any reason described in any
42 section associated with the occupation or profession for which the applicant seeks
43 a license.
44 7. This section shall not be construed to waive any requirement for an
45 applicant to pay any fees, post any bonds or surety bonds, or submit proof of
46 insurance associated with the license the applicant seeks.
47 8. This section shall not apply to business, professional, or occupational
48 licenses issued or required by political subdivisions.
49 9. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to alter the
50 authority granted by, or any requirements promulgated pursuant to, any
51 interjurisdictional or interstate compacts adopted by Missouri statute or any
52 reciprocity agreements with other states [in effect on August 28, 2018, and
53 whenever possible this section shall be interpreted so as to imply no conflict
54 between it and any compact, or any reciprocity agreements with other states in

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55 effect on August 28, 2018] and should any conflict arise between the
56 provisions of this section and the provisions of any interjurisdictional
57 or interstate compact or reciprocity agreement, the provisions of such
58 compact or agr