The expiration date for all credentials is the practitioner's birthday, except for faculty, postgraduate education, associate, or trainee credentials authorized by law.
(1) The practitioner may maintain a credential in inactive military-related status for as long as their spouse or registered domestic partner continues to be stationed or deployed in a location outside of the state of Washington and they remain married to or in a registered domestic partnership with that person.
(2) To maintain an inactive military-related status credential, the practitioner shall submit to the department an official copy of service orders verifying that their spouse or registered domestic partner continues to be deployed or stationed in a location outside of Washington state.
(3) The department will mail or email courtesy maintenance notices to the practitioner's address on file using credential renewal cycles.
(4) Inactive military-related status credential maintenance requests are accepted by the department no sooner than 90 days prior to the date the credential would expire if not in inactive military-related status.
(5) Continuing education is not required while the credential is in an inactive military-related status.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.130.040, 18.130.050, 43.70.040, and 43.70.280. WSR 26-11-023, s 246-12-550, filed 5/14/26, effective 6/14/26. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.270(3). WSR 14-10-025, ยง 246-12-550, filed 4/28/14, effective 5/29/14.]