Uniformed service members, uniformed service veterans, and their spouses
Arkansas Code § 17-25-504
- (a) All applications submitted by uniformed service members, uniformed service veterans, and their spouses shall be expedited.
(b)
- (1) A ninety-day temporary license shall be issued upon the receipt of an application and application fee submitted by a uniformed service member, a uniformed service veteran, or their spouse if the applicant holds in good standing a license from another jurisdiction with a similar scope of practice.
- (2) The temporary license may be extended as necessary upon the showing of good cause by the applicant.
- (c) Any applicant who is a uniformed service member, a uniformed service veteran, or their spouse and the applicant holds in good standing a license from another jurisdiction with a similar scope of practice shall not be required to demonstrate experience or be required to take the examination required by Arkansas Code § 17-25-509.
- (d) A license or registration held by a uniformed service member or their spouse who is on deployment outside the State of Arkansas shall not expire until one hundred eighty (180) days following their return to the state.
- (e) A license or registration held in inactive status by a uniformed service member or their spouse who is on deployment outside the State of Arkansas shall not expire until one hundred eighty (180) days following their return to the state.