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State Waives License Fee for Returning Vets Who Want to Work in Health Care

There’s good news for some veterans returning to Florida from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The state is waiving licensure fees for vets who want to become doctors, nurses, physical therapists, or work in other health-care-related fields.

The vets will still need to take all their coursework to be licensed in Florida, but they won’t have to pay the costs to be professionally licensed in the state.

Marty Stubblefield of the Department of Health says veterans have many skills employers are looking for in health-related jobs.

"They’re in critical thinking moments; they’re in traumatic thinking moments. It’s people who can make decisions, who can lead, who can work together on a team", Stubblefield explained. "They come back with great managerial skills."

The only eligibility requirement is having been honorably discharged from any branch of the US military within the past two years.