(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each executive branch agency, department, board, commission or official, other than the Department of Public Health or the State Board of Education, responsible for the issuance of a license, certificate, permit or registration required by the general statutes for the practice of a profession shall renew the license, certificate, permit or registration issued to an individual which expires while the individual is (1) on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, or (2) a member of the National Guard when ordered out by the Governor for military service. Such renewal shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of such individual’s discharge from active duty or ordered military service, or until the date the individual successfully renews the license in accordance with this section and the general statutes, whichever occurs first. Such individual applying for renewal of a license, certificate, permit or registration shall submit to the agency, department, board, commission or official such documentation as may be required by such agency, department, board, commission or official.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to reservists or National Guard members on active duty for annual training that is a regularly scheduled obligation for reservists or members of the National Guard for training which is not a part of mobilization.