Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) Definitions.
(1) "Armed forces" means the armed forces of
the United States, including the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast
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) "Licensee"
means a person to whom all of the following apply:
(a) The person has been issued a license by
the board.
(b) The person has been
a member of the armed forces.
(c)
The person has served on active duty, whether inside or outside the United
States, for a period in excess of thirty-one days.
(B) In accordance with section
5903.03 of
the Revised Code, the following military programs of training and military
primary specialties may be substantially equivalent to the experience
requirements for licensure as described in rule
4703-2-04
of the Administrative Code:
(1) Military
programs of training
Air force: healthcare architect
(2) Military primary specialties
(a) Army: 12d facilities/contract
construction management engineer (fccme) (o)
(b) Navy: facilities engineering (o);
healthcare architect (o)
(c) Air
force: 32ex civil engineer (o)
(C) Reporting of experience
The experience of an active military service member or veteran
shall be reported under the current guidelines of the
architectural experience program as described in rule
4703-2-04
of the Administrative Code.
(D) Lengths of service.
There are no minimal lengths of service that would be
substantially equivalent to or exceed the experience requirements for licensure
as an architect.
(E)
Substantially equivalent education.
There are no military programs of training or military primary
specialties which are substantially equivalent to the education requirement for
licensure as an architect.
(F) Continuing education.
(1) In accordance with section
5903.12
of the Revised Code, the provisions of this paragraph apply to a licensee who
has been a member of the armed forces who has served on active duty for a
period in excess of thirty-one days.
(2) A licensee who meets the provisions
contained in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule may submit an application to the
board requesting an extension of the current continuing education reporting
period.
(a) The licensee shall submit proper
documentation certifying the active duty service and the length of that active
duty service.
(b) Upon receiving
the application and proper documentation, the board shall extend the current
continuing education reporting period by an amount of time equal to the total
number of months that the licensee spent on active duty during the current
continuing education reporting period. Any portion of a month served shall be
considered one full month.
(G) Determining fulfillment of continuing
education.
(1) In accordance with section
5903.121
of the Revised Code, the board shall consider relevant education, training, or
service completed by a licensee as a member of the armed forces of the United
States in determining whether a licensee has fulfilled the continuing education
required to renew the license or certificate.
(2) In order for the board to consider
relevant education, training, or service completed by a licensee, the licensee
shall submit a request for consideration and evidence or documentation of the
education, training, or service to the board at least thirty days prior to the
expiration of the license or certificate.
(H) Renewal of expired license.
(1) In accordance with section
5903.10
of the Revised Code, the holder of an expired license shall be granted a renewal at the
usual cost without penalty fee if not otherwise disqualified because of mental
or physical disability, in accordance with section
4703.14
of the Revised Code and rules
4703-1-03 and
4703-2-07 of
the Administrative Code, if the following conditions are met:
(a) The license was not renewed because of
the holder's service in the armed forces.
(b) The license was not renewed because the
license holder's spouse served in the armed forces and the service resulted in
the holder's absence from this state.
(2) Renewal under paragraph (H)(1) of this
rule shall not be granted unless the holder or holder's spouse, whichever is
applicable, has presented satisfactory evidence of the service member's
discharge under honorable conditions or release under honorable conditions from
active duty within six months after the discharge or release.
(I) Expedited licensure.
Upon receipt of all required documents and fees, a license
shall be issued no later than three business days of the applicant's
eligibility for licensure, to each applicant who is a member, veteran, spouse
or surviving spouse of a member or veteran.