Military Applicant – Spouses – Expedited Licensure

(1) An applicant for registration meeting the requirements of T.C.A. § 4-3-1304(d)(1) may: (a) Be issued a license upon application and payment of all required fees if, in the opinion of the Board, the requirements for licensure of such other state are substantially equivalent to that required in Tennessee; or (b) Be issued a temporary license if the Board determines that the applicant’s application does not meet the requirements for substantial equivalency, but that the applicant could perform additional acts, including—but not limited to—education, training, or experience, in order to meet the requirements for the application to be substantially equivalent. The Board may issue a temporary license upon application and payment of all required fees for a regular license of the same type, which shall allow the person to perform services as if fully licensed for a set period of time that is determined to be sufficient by the Board for the applicant to complete such requirements. 1. After completing those additional requirements and providing the Board with sufficient proof thereof as may be required, a full license shall be issued to the applicant with an issuance date of the date of the original issuance of the temporary license and an expiration date as if the full license had been issued at that time. 2. A temporary license shall be issued for a period no longer than the length of a renewal cycle for a full license of the same type. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS CHAPTER 0660-05 3. A temporary license shall expire upon the date set by the Board and shall not be subject to renewal except through the completion of the requirements for substantial equivalency as required by the Board or by an extension of time granted for good cause by the Board. 4. Should an extension to a temporary license cause the permit to be in effect longer than the renewal cycle of a full license, then the holder of the temporary license shall file a renewal application with such documentation and fees, including completion of continuing education, as are required by the Board for all other renewals of a full license of the same type. (2) Military education, training, or experience completed by a person described at T.C.A. § 4-3- 1304(d)(1)(B)(ii)(a)–(c) shall be accepted toward the qualifications, in whole or in part, to receive any license issued by the Board if such military education, training, or experience is determined by the Board to be substantially equivalent to the education, training, or experience required for the issuance of such license. (3) (a) Any registrant who is a member of the national guard or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States called to active duty whose license expires during the period of activation shall be eligible for renewal upon the licensee being released from active duty without: 1. Payment of late fees or other penalties; 2. Obtaining continuing education credits when: (i) Circumstances associated with the person’s military duty prevented the obtaining of continuing education credits and a waiver request has been submitted to the Board; or (ii) The person performs the licensed or certified occupation as part of such person’s military duties and provides documentation sufficient to demonstrate such to the Board. (b) The license shall be eligible for renewal pursuant to this paragraph (3) for six (6) months from the person’s release from active duty. (c) Any person renewing under this paragraph (3) shall provide the Board such supporting documentation evidencing activation as may be required by the Board prior to renewal of any license pursuant to this subsection.