2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Act 13 - MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE (51 PA.C.S.) - RETENTION OF LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS OF PERSONS ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE

Session of 2023

No. 2023-13

 

HB 404

 

AN ACT

 

Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service.

 

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

 

Section 1.  Section 7502(a) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 7502.  Retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service.

(a)  General rule.--Any person licensed or certified by the Department of State, Department of Labor and Industry, Department of Education, Insurance Department, Department of Banking, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture or the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission or pursuant to the act of October 10, 1974 (P.L.705, No.235), known as the Lethal Weapons Training Act, to practice any profession or to work at any trade or occupation, who heretofore has or shall thereafter enlist or be inducted or drafted into the military or naval service of the United States in time of war or preparation for national defense during a national emergency, shall not thereby forfeit his or her current license or registration and shall be exempt from any continuing educational requirements or in-service training requirements.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

 

APPROVED--The 23rd day of October, A.D. 2023.

 

JOSH SHAPIRO