IM-1000-2. Status of Persons Serving in the Armed Forces of the United States

(1) A registered person of a member who volunteers for or is called into active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States shall be placed, after proper notification to NASD, upon inactive status and need not be re-registered by such member upon his or her return to active employment with the member. Such a person will remain eligible to receive transaction-related compensation, including continuing commissions, because he or she remains registered with a member of NASD. The employing member also may allow such a person to enter into an arrangement with another registered person of the member to take over and service the person's accounts and to share transaction-related compensation based upon the business generated by such accounts. However, since such persons are inactive, they may not perform any of the duties performed by a registered person.
 

(2) A registered person who is placed on inactive status pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall not be included within the definition of "Personnel" for purposes of the dues or assessments as provided in Article VI of the NASD By-Laws.
 

(3) A registered person who is placed on inactive status pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall not be required to complete either of the Regulatory or Firm Elements of the continuing education requirements set forth in Rule 1120 during the pendency of such inactive status.

(4) The relief provided in subparagraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) shall be available to a registered person who is placed on inactive status pursuant to this paragraph (a) during the period that such a person remains registered with the member with which he or she was registered at the beginning of active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, regardless of whether the person returns to active employment with another member upon completion of his or her active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(5) The relief described in this paragraph (a) will be provided only to a person registered with a member and only while the person remains on active military duty.

(1) A member that is a sole proprietor who temporarily closes his or her business by reason of volunteering for or being called into active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be placed, after proper notification to NASD, on inactive status while the member remains on active military duty.

(2) A sole proprietor member placed on inactive status as set forth in this paragraph (b) shall not be required to pay dues or assessments during the pendency of such inactive status and shall not be required to pay an admission fee upon return to active participation in the investment banking and securities business.

(3) The relief described in this paragraph (b) will be provided only to a sole proprietor member and only while the person remains on active military duty.

(1) If a person who is currently not registered with a member volunteers for or is called into active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States at any time within two years after the date the person ceases to be registered with a member, NASD will defer the lapse of registration requirements set forth in Rules 1021(c), 1031(c), and 1041(c) (i.e., toll the two-year expiration provisions for qualification examination requirements). NASD will defer the lapse of registration requirements commencing on the date the person begins actively serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, provided that NASD is properly notified of the person's period of active military service within 90 days following his or her completion of active service or upon his or her re-registration with a member, whichever occurs first. The deferral will terminate 90 days following the person's completion of active service in the Armed Forces of the United States. Accordingly, if such person does not re-register with a member within 90 days following his or her completion of active service in the Armed Forces of the United States, the amount of time in which the person must become re-registered with a member without being subject to the qualification examination requirements shall consist of the standard two-year period provided in Rules 1021(c), 1031(c), and 1041(c) reduced by the period of time between the person's termination of registration and beginning of active service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(2) If a person placed upon inactive status while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States ceases to be registered with a member, NASD will defer the lapse of registration requirements set forth in Rules 1021(c), 1031(c), and 1041(c) (i.e., toll the two-year expiration provisions for qualification examination requirements) during the pendency of his or her active service in the Armed Forces of the United States. NASD will defer the lapse of registration requirements based on existing information in the Central Registration Depository, provided that NASD is properly notified of the person's period of active military service within two years following his or her completion of active service or upon his or her re-registration with a member, whichever occurs first. The deferral will terminate 90 days following the person's completion of active service in the Armed Forces of the United States. Accordingly, if such person does not re-register with a member within 90 days following his or her completion of active service in the Armed Forces of the United States, the amount of time in which the person must become re-registered with a member without being subject to the qualification examination requirements shall consist of the standard two-year period provided in Rules 1021(c), 1031(c), and 1041(c).