Ohio Admin. Code 4732-9-05 - Consideration of military experience, education, training and term of service
(A)
Eligibility for licensure.
In accordance with Chapter 5903. of the Revised Code, the board has determined that there are no military programs of training, military specialties, and lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to or which exceed the educational and supervised training requirements for licensure as a psychologist or school psychologist.
(B) Definitions related to military service
and veteran status.
(1) "Armed forces" means
the armed forces of the United States or a reserve component of the armed
forces of the United States, including the army, navy, air force, marine corps,
cost guard, or any reserve components of those forces; the national guard of
any state; the commissioned corps of the United States public health service;
the merchant marine service during wartime; such other service as may be
designated by congress; or the Ohio organized militia when engaged in full-time
national guard duty for a period of more than thirty days.
(2) "Member" means any person who is serving
in the armed forces,
(3) "Veteran"
means any person who has completed service in the armed forces and who has been
discharged honorably or under honorable conditions or who has been transferred
to the reserve with evidence of satisfactory service.
(C) Initial application for licensure as a
psychologist, independent school psychologist, or
licensed school psychologist.
(1) Each applicant for initial licensure
shall report on the board's application form in a manner prescribed by the
board, one's status as a member or a veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse
of a member or veteran.
(2) The
board shall in its electronic licensing database record, track, and monitor
applications received from a member, veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse
of a member or veteran for the purpose of prioritizing and expediting licensure
for each applicant who is a member, veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse
of a member or veteran.
(3) The
board licensing staff shall conspicuously mark the electronic and paper
application file of each member, veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of
a member or veteran for the purpose of prioritizing the review and approval of
those files for admission to examination processes prior to other
files.
(4) An applicant who is a
member, veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a member or veteran, who
verifies in a manner prescribed by the board that active duty deployment is
scheduled within sixty days, shall be granted priority of service by the board
relative to the application review process and being admitted to the relevant
examinations in an expedited manner so long as the applicant has evidenced
compliance with the other requirements for the licensure application to be
deemed complete.
(D)
License renewal and continuing education.
(1)
In accordance with paragraph (B) of rule
4732-1-06 of the Administrative
Code, the board waives the biennial license registration fee and continuing
education requirements of a licensed psychologist,
independent school psychologist, or licensed school psychologist during
such time as said license holder has been on active duty in the military during
the biennium.
(2) In accordance
with section 5903.10 of the Revised Code, and
absent grounds for denial as set forth in section
4732.17 of the Revised Code, a
license holder whose license expired due to an inability to register the
license while on active duty in the military shall be eligible to reinstate the
license without fee or penalty fee established in section
4732.14 of the Revised
Code.
(E) An active
military service member or veteran who does not directly meet the requirements
of section 4732.10 of the Revised Code may
submit any documentation, evidence, statement or endorsement that may be
available or produced for the board's consideration.
(F) In the course of processing and
considering a license application pursuant to section
4732.10 of the Revised Code, the
board shall consider military education, training, and experience elements that
may assist an applicant in qualifying for a license to the extent that the
board is authorized to do so by statute, rule or executive directive.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4732.06, 5903.03
Rule Amplifies: 5903.03, 5903.10, 5903.12, 5903.121, 4743.04
Prior Effective Dates: 09/19/2014
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