Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 3, March 1, 2025
(1)
Purpose. In accordance with
House Bill 3030, Oregon Department of Agriculture shall issue a temporary
authorization to provide the occupational or professional service regulated by
the professional licensing board.
(2)
Definitions.
(a) "Occupational or professional service"
means a service:
(A) For which an individual
must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide
under the laws of this state; and
(B) Over which a professional licensing board
has regulatory oversight.
(b) "Professional Licensing Board" means a
state agency or board that licenses, certifies or otherwise authorizes
individuals to provide an occupational or professional service.
(3)
Temporary
Authorization
(a) Oregon Department of
Agriculture shall issue a temporary authorization to provide occupational or
professional services to a person who:
(A) Is
the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is
stationed in this state;
(B) Holds
a current authorization to provide the occupational or professional service
issued by another state and the professional licensing board determines that
the other state's authorization requirements are substantially similar to those
of the professional licensing board;
(C) Provides to Oregon Department of
Agriculture, in a manner determined by Oregon Department of Agriculture,
sufficient proof that the person is in good standing with the issuing
out-of-state professional licensing board; and
(D) Has demonstrated competency, as
determined by the professional licensing board by rule, over the occupational
or professional service regulated by Oregon Department of
Agriculture.
(b) A
temporary authorization issued under this section is valid until the earliest
of the following:
(A) Two years after the
date of issuance;
(B) The date the
spouse of the person to whom the authorization was issued completes the
spouse's term of service in this state; or
(C) The date the person's authorization
issued by another state expires.
(c) An authorization issued under this
section is not renewable. A person may not continue to provide the occupational
or professional service unless the person is issued a full authorization under
the laws of this state to provide the occupational or professional
service.
(4)
Application for temporary authorization. Applications for a
temporary authorization must be submitted on a form provided by the Department
and must be complete and include a certification of good standing from the
professional licensing board that issued the original license.
(5)
Reporting Requirements. Not
later than December 31 of each year, a professional licensing board shall
report, in the manner provided in ORS
192.245, to an interim committee
of Legislative Assembly related to veterans on the following information.
(a) The number of temporary authorizations
issued to spouses or domestic partners of members of the Armed Forces of the
United States who are stationed in this state;
(b) The number of applications for temporary
authorization received by the professional licensing board for which the
professional licensing board did not issue temporary authorizations, and the
reasons for which the temporary authorizations were not issued;
(c) The amount of time used to process and
issue the temporary authorizations;
(d) The professional licensing board's
efforts to implement and maintain a process to issue temporary authorizations;
and
(e) Any other information
relevant to the professional licensing board's efforts to assist spouses or
domestic partners of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are
stationed in this state with obtaining temporary authorization.
Statutory/Other Authority: HB 3030 (2019) & SB 688 (2019)
Statutes/Other Implemented: HB 3030 (2019) & SB 688
(2019)
