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California State Board of Pharmacy

Military Personnel and Their Families

MILITARY EXPEDITE: The Board will expedite review of an application that meets one of the following criteria (A or B).
  1. Military Veteran: Have you ever served as an active duty member of the United States military and been honorably discharged?
  2. Active Duty Military Spouse or Domestic Partners: If you are married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the United States military, who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty military orders and you hold a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession for which you seek licensure, please provide the following:
    • A copy of your current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States documenting the profession or vocation for which you seek licensure from the Board.
    • A copy of the marriage certificate, certified declaration/registration of domestic partnership, or other evidence of legal union.
    • A copy of your spouse or partner’s military orders establishing duty station in California.

Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Holders of Special Immigrant Visas

REFUGEE EXPEDITE: The Board will expedite review of an application that meets one of the following criteria (A, B, or C).
  1. Refugee pursuant to section 1157 of title 8 of the United States Code;
  2. Refugee granted asylum by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to section 1158 of title 8 of the United States Code; or,
  3. Refugee with a special immigrant visa that has been granted a status pursuant to section 1244 of
  4. Public Law 110-181, Public Law 109-163, or section 602(b) of title VI of division F of Public Law 111-8.
ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION