Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members, and Active-Duty Spouses

OPR provides expedited and temporary licensing based on military education, training, and credentials on a case-by-case basis to veterans, active-duty members and spouses.

Evaluation of Military Training and Experience:

If you are a veteran, servicemember, or armed services liaison, and would like OPR to evaluate whether specific training should be recognized toward licensure requirements, please submit documentation of your military training, education and experience to sos.reducingbarriers@vermont.gov.

Please include the profession you are looking to become licensed in and any other information you think would assist in the evaluation.

Active duty service members, Veterans within two years of discharge, and active duty spouses:

If you are applying for a Vermont license and are an active duty service member, veteran within two years of discharge, or an active duty spouse holding a license in good standing in another state please download and complete an affidavit and return it, attached to your license application. Please submit your application through the Online Services Platform.

Military Members seeking Practical Nurse licensure in Vermont (LPN and LNA):

Air Force Training Equivalencies

If you have successfully completed the following Air Force training programs you may apply by examination to be licensed as a Practical Nurse:

• Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) 4N0X1,
• Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice (AMSA) 4N031,
• Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) 4N051.

Please note that 40 theory hours in the behavioral and social sciences are also required. In some cases, this may require supplemental coursework.

Army Training Equivalencies

If you have successfully completed Army Combat Medic Specialist 68W program you may apply by examination to be licensed as a Nursing Assistant.

Additional Employment Resources

• Vermont Department of Labor’s Veteran Services