Sec. 2. Portability of professional licenses of members of the uniformed services and their spouses
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Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 705 ( 50 U.S.C. 4025 ) the following new section: In any case in which a servicemember has a professional license in good standing in a jurisdiction or the spouse of a servicemember has a professional license in good standing in a jurisdiction and such servicemember or spouse relocates his or her residency because of military orders for military service to a location that is not in such jurisdiction, the professional license or certification of such servicemember or spouse shall be considered valid at a similar scope of practice and in the discipline applied for in the jurisdiction of such new residency for the duration of such military orders if such servicemember or spouse— provides a copy of such military orders to the licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which the new residency is located; remains in good standing with the licensing authority that issued the license; and submits to the authority of the licensing authority in the new jurisdiction for the purposes of standards of practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing education requirements.
If a servicemember or spouse of a servicemember is licensed and able to operate in multiple jurisdictions through an interstate licensure compact, with respect to services provided in the jurisdiction of the interstate licensure compact by a licensee covered by such compact, the servicemember or spouse of a servicemember shall be subject to the requirements of the compact or the applicable provisions of law of the applicable State and not this section. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 705 the following new item:
Sec. 705A. Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their spouses. .
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Portability of professional licenses of members of the uniformed services and their spouses
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