{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-31-305","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-31-305","heading":"Qualifications for license to teach -- provisional teaching license.","body":"(1) An applicant for licensure to teach the professions in this chapter must:\n(a) have a license to practice in the same profession the person plans to teach;\n(b) have practiced under the license in subsection (1)(a) for 12 continuous months before taking the teacher's examination;\n(c) have completed teacher training and received a diploma from a board-approved teacher course; and\n(d) have passed the board-approved examination.\n(2) An applicant who meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a) but has 3 or more years of practice in the profession the applicant plans to teach is eligible for a nonrenewable, 2-year provisional license as a teacher while completing board-approved coursework related to teaching methodology in lieu of a diploma in subsection (1)(c).\n(3) The board shall issue a license to teach under this chapter, without examination, to a person licensed in another state if the board determines that:\n(a) the other state's course of study hour requirement is equal to or greater than the hour requirement in this state; and\n(b) the person's license from the other state is current and the person is not subject to pending or final disciplinary action for unprofessional conduct or impairment.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 31. BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, ELECTROLOGY, ESTHETICS, AND MANICURING","Part 3. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0310/part_0030/section_0050/0370-0310-0030-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:03Z","sha256":"2e9e5e921988a44e38ec9b256df533eb0c63c02ea4e0294a0baa13cc0e6046a9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-31-304","next":"us-mt/37-31-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}