Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 31 - STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE › LICENSURE › Section 31.13 - Licensure renewal

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
					 Licenses expire on November 30 of each even-numbered year, regardless of the
					 date of issuance. Licenses are renewable for a 2-year period beginning December
					 1 of each even-numbered year. The fee for biennial renewal is as set forth in
					 §
											31.41 (relating to schedule of
					 fees). Upon renewing their licenses, licensees will receive a blue 5 x 7 wall
					 certificate and wallet-size license card which show the next expiration date of
					 the license.
(b) A licensee who is
					 also licensed to practice veterinary medicine in another state, territory or
					 country shall report this information on the biennial registration form.
					 Disciplinary action taken by the veterinary licensing authority or other
					 authority that authorizes a licensee to the practice of veterinary medicine or
					 that is related to veterinary medicine in another state, territory, country or
					 by a Federal authority in the United States, shall be reported to the Board on
					 the biennial registration application or within 90 days of final disposition,
					 whichever is sooner. Criminal convictions shall be reported to the Board on the
					 biennial registration application or within 90 days of sentencing, including
					 acceptance into an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, whichever is
					 sooner.
(c) Licensed veterinarians
					 who fail to renew their license shall cease from the practice of veterinary
					 medicine in this Commonwealth on the last day of November of the renewal year.
					 A licensee who continues to practice on an expired license will be subject to
					 disciplinary action by the Board. Late fees as prescribed by the Bureau of
					 Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee Act (63 P. S. §§
												1401-101-1401-501) will be added to the
					 renewal fee of a licensee who practiced on an expired license. The licensee
					 will be required to pay the current biennial renewal fee as set forth in §
											31.41 and the fees that would have
					 been paid had the license been maintained in good standing. The licensee will
					 be required to submit continuing education certificates of attendance for the
					 current and any past biennial renewal periods during which the licensee
					 practiced on an expired license.
(d) A licensee whose license to practice
					 veterinary medicine is expired who did not practice veterinary medicine in this
					 Commonwealth while the licensee's license was expired may reactivate and renew
					 the license upon application to and approval of the Board and upon payment of
					 the current biennial renewal fee as set forth in §
											31.41 and submission of
					 certificates of attendance demonstrating that the licensee has complied with
					 §
											31.15 (related to continuing
					 education) for the biennial period preceding renewal. The application for
					 renewal shall also be accompanied by an Affidavit of Non-Practice, verifying
					 the period of time in which the licensee abstained from the practice of
					 veterinary medicine in this Commonwealth. A licensee will not be assessed a
					 late renewal fee under the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee
					 Act for the preceding biennial periods in which the licensee abstained from the
					 practice of veterinary medicine in this Commonwealth.
(e) A licensee will be required to reactivate
					 the license in accordance with section 9 of the act (63 P. S. §
												485.9) to resume practicing veterinary
					 medicine if the licensee practiced veterinary medicine on an expired license in
					 this Commonwealth or another state, territory or country for more than 5 years
					 or if the licensee did not practice veterinary medicine for more than 5
					 years.
The provisions of this §
													31.13 amended under sections 5(2),
						  8, 11, 18 and 27.1 of the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (63 P. S.
						  §§
														485.5(2),
						  485.8,
						  485.11,
						  485.18 and
						  485.27a).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
													43b.21 (relating to schedule of
						  civil penalties-veterinarians and veterinary technicians-statement of
						  policy).