Renewal of Licenses for Military Members

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the procedure for renewal of a license held by a licensee on active military duty and for discipline of a license held by a licensee on active military duty. (1) Any licensee who holds a current license and is a member of any United States military or state of Missouri military, including any reserve members and any member of the United States Public Health Service, who is engaged in the active duty in the military service of the United States or the state of Missouri and who is engaged in the performance of active duty in the military service of the United States in a military conflict in which reserve components have been called to active duty for any period of more than thirty (30) days and who have had any license lapse while performing this military service, may renew/reinstate such license without penalty by: (A) Filing with the division a Notice of Active Military Duty on a form provided by the division or by written communication accepted by the division that shall be signed and dated by the licensee and shall contain the licensee’s name, address, the type of license, and license number of the licensee, the date of active duty activation, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the licensee’s active duty orders or other evidence sufficient for the division to determine the dates of active military duty by licensee; and (B) Such Notice of Active Military Duty shall be filed with the division along with the request for license reinstatement no later than sixty (60) days of completion of the active duty military service. (2) Upon filing the Notice of Active Military Duty, the division shall reinstate licensee’s license with no further requirements, retroactive to the last renewal. (3) If, at the time of activation, licensee’s license was subject to discipline, the disciplinary period shall be stayed during the time of licensee’s active duty military service and shall be reinstated at the time the license is reinstated. However, if the conditions of the discipline require the licensee to take any action or meet any obligations, licensee shall have at least one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of his or her active military duty to take those actions or fulfill those obligations. (4) If during the time licensee is on active military duty, the division desires to pursue any disciplinary or administrative action against any license of the licensee, the division shall stay any such action until at least sixty (60) days after the end of the active military duty. (5) Active military duty shall mean full time duty in the active military service of the United States or the state of Missouri as defined in Section 101(a)(5), Title 10 of the U.S. Code and section 41.030, RSMo. AUTHORITY: section 41.950, RSMo 2016, and section 324.910, RSMo Supp. 2017.* Original rule filed Dec. 14, 2018, effective June 30, 2019. *Original authority: 41.950, RSMo 1991, amended 2007, 2009, 2011 and 324.910, RSMo 2017.