North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 66 - VETERINARY MEDICAL BOARD › Section .0300 - EXAMINATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES › Section 66 .0301 - APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All
				applicants for a license to practice veterinary medicine shall complete, sign
				and return the application form for veterinary license available from the
				Board.
(b) All applicants for
				license by examination shall successfully pass the licensure examinations. The
				Board shall review and evaluate the validity and accuracy of information
				contained in an application for licensure. If the prerequisites of
				G.S.
				90-187 and
				G.S.
				90-187.1 are met, the Board shall admit the
				applicant to the examinations.
(c)
				The nature of the examinations is to determine the applicant's minimum
				competency to practice veterinary medicine within the state of North Carolina.
				The Board shall administer, in conformity with the testing service criteria,
				the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) as prepared by the
				Board or a licensure examination service contracted with by the
				Board.
(d) The Board shall also
				administer a special North Carolina Examination to evaluate the applicant's
				knowledge of Article 11 of Chapter 90 and
				21 NCAC
				66 of the North Carolina Administrative
				Code.
(e) Pursuant to
				G.S.
				90-187.1, the Board shall establish the
				passing score for the current NAVLE and the North Carolina Examination, which
				shall include examination on the statutes and administrative rules governing
				the practice of veterinary medicine in the State.
(f) The Executive Director shall notify all
				applicants of the score received on the examinations. Thereafter, if all
				information has been verified as correct and truthful, and if the requirements
				of G.S.
				90-187 and
				G.S.
				90-187.1 have been met, he shall issue a
				license to those successfully passing the examinations.
(g) This Section does not apply to the
				licensure, relicensure or reinstatement of a veterinarian whose license has
				been suspended or revoked by the Board or who presently has a complaint or
				other matter pending in this or another state or jurisdiction that has or may
				result in discipline against the applicant's license to practice veterinary
				medicine in that State.
(h) In
				determining whether to issue a license to practice veterinary medicine, the
				Board may consider all information obtained as a result of the application,
				including but not limited to all testing information, including examination
				scores of the examinations identified herein; and information obtained pursuant
				to the requirements of Rule .0310 of this Section or information obtained about
				the applicant which the applicant was required to have furnished.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  90-185(1);
				  90-185(6);
				  90-187;
				  90-187.1;
Eff.
				  February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 30, 1977;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2006; May 1, 1996; May 1, 1989;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. January 9,
				  2018.