Title 20-DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Division 2270-Missouri Veterinary Medical Board

Chapter 2-Licensure Requirements for Veterinarians

ORDER OF RULEMAKING

By the authority vested in the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board under sections 340.210 and 340.232, RSMo 2000, the board amends a rule as follows:

20 CSR 2270-2.041 Reexamination is amended.

PURPOSE: This amendment will provide clarity to applicants that they must submit their application and fee to the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board and the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME) and the fee for the Missouri State Board Examination before they will be approved to retake the national and state examinations.

(1) Any applicant who fails an examination for licensure as a veterinarian may be reexamined by making application to the board office and paying the appropriate nonrefundable examination fee and registration fee and provide two (2) additional photographs. The deadline for applying to retake the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) shall be August 1 and January 3 prior to each test window and the Missouri State Board Examination shall be thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled examinations.

(2) Applicants shall submit-

(A) The application for licensure and the registration fee to the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board;

(B) The NAVLE application and fee directly to the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME); and

(C) The fee for the Missouri State Board Examination to the board's designated testing agency.

[(2)](3) Effective August 28, 1999, no person may take any examination more than four (4) times either in or out of Missouri to qualify for licensure in Missouri. Prior to making application for the fourth attempt at passage of the examination, the applicant shall schedule an appearance with the board to outline a continuing education program which shall be board approved and completed prior to filing an application for the subsequent examination.

AUTHORITY: sections 340.210 and 340.232, RSMo 2000. This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 270-2.041. Original rule file Nov. 4, 1992, effective July 8, 1993. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed Jan. 3, 2012.