Military Training Toward a Licence — Permissive, and a Two-Year Clock
A licensing body may issue a licence, or a temporary one, to a service member or veteran whose military training, education or experience meets the board’s requirements. The catch is in the verbs and the dates: it says "may", it needs a discharge inside two years, and it can never replace a required degree or exam.
Verified August 22, 2026
What this benefit is
A licensing body may issue a licence, or a temporary one, to a service member or veteran whose military training, education or experience meets the board’s requirements. The catch is in the verbs and the dates: it says "may", it needs a discharge inside two years, and it can never replace a required degree or exam.
What it's worth: Military training, education and experience counted toward licensure — a route, not a fee cut
- The value here is time and tuition avoided, not a fee waived. The section says nothing about fees.
- How much it is worth depends entirely on the board: the statute leaves each one to judge whether the training meets its own requirements.
Who is entitled to it
- You are the servicemember or veteran.
- Your discharge is honorable, under honorable conditions, or a general discharge under honorable conditions.
- You are in this state.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
Deadline: Apply within two years of separation- 1Apply within two years of separating. The section is written for someone who "separated from the military ... within two (2) years preceding the date of applying" — after that this route closes.
- 2Submit the DD 214 or other proof of satisfactory completion of military training as part of the application. The statute makes that a condition, not a courtesy.
- 3Ask the board for its published guidelines before you build the application. Bodies that receive multiple requests under this section are directed to publish clear guidelines, electronically, in print or by regulation.
- 4Do not expect military training to stand in for a degree or an examination. Where a postsecondary degree is a prerequisite, or passage of a specified examination is a prerequisite, the statute expressly bars using military training in its place.
- Form
- Licence application, with the DD 214 attached
- File with
- The administrative body that licenses your profession
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
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