Veteran Health Heroes

TO OUR MI L I TARY AND VETERAN COMMUNI TY The Division of Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) seeks to create a veteran-friendly regulatory environment to encourage military service members to choose Florida for their health care practice after active duty. A fee waiver program began in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14 to ease the financial burden of applying for licensure, and participation over the last five years has remained steady. VALOR expedites the licensure process and is designed to issue licenses for all qualified initial applicants within one day. MQA is committed to helping ease the transition of military health professionals into civilian life and seeks to encourage them to practice in Florida by making the licensure process one that reflects our gratitude for their service. 0 100 200 300 400 FY 2017-18 FY2018-19 FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 ME D I CA L QUA L I T Y A S S UR ANC E | F L O R I D A V E T E R A N H E A L T H H E R O E S 0 9 More than 10,300 military fee waivers have been issued since 2013, saving Florida's veterans and their families over $1.2 million. military veterans have been licensed through VALOR since July 1, 2013. 8,300 Over Licensed Military Veterans 359 332 327 352 362

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