2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .480   Credentialing assistance to military spouses relocated to Kentucky -- Multistate clearinghouse -- Annual report.

36.480 Credentialing assistance to military spouses relocated to Kentucky -- Multistate clearinghouse -- Annual report. (1) The Kentucky Department of Military Affairs shall establish procedures to assist the spouses of military personnel acquiring and obtaining professional and occupational licenses, certificates, registrations, permits, or other credentials. A person shall be eligible for assistance under this section if he or she is the spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces, including a member of a state's National Guard or Reserve on federal active duty who moves into Kentucky when the member of the United States Armed Forces is reassigned by the military. The department shall: (a)  Establish a process by which the department shall verify whether or not the military spouse has relocated because of the reassignment of his or her spouse by the military; (b)  Work directly with other states, testing providers, and organizations issuing credentials to accelerate the application process for obtaining state licenses, certifications, registrations, or permits. To fulfill this directive, the department shall seek input from and disseminate information to state agencies and credentialing boards on ways to accelerate the process by which eligible military spouses moving into the Commonwealth may obtain the credentials required for occupational and professional credentialing as expeditiously as possible; and (c)  Coordinate the activities of other state agencies and credentialing boards to establish a clearinghouse by which information on obtaining licenses, certificates, registration, and permits may be accessed. In coordinating the information, the department shall compile information from other state agencies and credentialing boards on the occupations and professions requiring a state permit, registration, certification, license, or other qualifying document and the name, telephone number, and address of a contact person for each such occupation or profession. (2) Any state agency or credentialing board issuing permits, registrations, certificates, or licenses that are a prerequisite to a person engaging in an occupation or profession shall assist the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs in expediting the application process for such permits, registrations, certificates, or licenses for military spouses who come into Kentucky because their spouses are reassigned by the military. (3) The department shall prepare and issue an annual report on its activities in meeting the directives of this section by June 1 of each year. A copy of the report shall be submitted to the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations and the Interim Joint Committee on Seniors, Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection. Effective: April 25, 2006 History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Pt. XXVIII, sec. 6, effective April 25, 2006. Page 1 of 1