PURPOSE: This rule requires the division to accept evidence of military education, training, or service to be applied toward the requirements for licensure.

1. (1) Any applicant for licensure may, as part of the evidence of meeting the requisite educational and/or training requirements for licensure, submit evidence of military experience as a member of the military.
2. (2) The division shall review the evidence submitted and, if appropriate, make additional inquiry of the applicant to determine the scope and duties of the military experience to determine whether the military experience shall be counted towards the qualifications for licensure.
3. (3) In its review of the military experience, the division shall evaluate the content and nature of the military experience to determine whether that military experience shall count towards the education, training, or service requirements for licensure. The division shall construe liberally the military experience in determining whether it will count towards the education, training, or service requirements for licensure.
4. (4) “Military experience” shall mean education, training, or service completed by an applicant while a member of the United States armed forces or reserves, the national guard of any state, the military reserves of any state, or the naval militia of any state.

AUTHORITY: section 324.007, RSMo Supp. 2013, and section 324.412, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed July 21, 2016, effective Jan. 30, 2017. *Original authority: 324.007, RSMo 2013 and 324.412,