New Mexico Register / Volume XXV, Number 1 / January 15, 2014

TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

CHAPTER 25 VETERINARY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

PART 5 GRADUATES OF NON-AVMA ACCREDITED VETERINARY SCHOOLS

AND GRADUATES OF FOREIGN VETERINARY SCHOOLS

16.25.5.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Board of Veterinary Medicine.

[16.25.5.1 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.1 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.2 SCOPE: All veterinarians licensed to practice in the state of New Mexico and all graduates of non-AVMA accredited schools who are applying for a license to practice veterinary medicine in the state of New Mexico.

[16.25.5.2 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.2 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: NMSA 1978, Section 61-14-5.

[16.25.5.3 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.3 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.4 DURATION: Permanent.

[16.25.5.4 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.4 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: 01-17-2014 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

[16.25.5.5 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.5 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.6 OBJECTIVE: To outline requirements in addition to 16.25.2 NMAC for the graduate of a veterinary school not accredited by the American veterinary medical association (AVMA).

[16.25.5.6 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.6 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

[16.25.5.7 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.7 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

16.25.5.8 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE:

A. To obtain a license to practice veterinary medicine in the state of New Mexico, a graduate of a non-AVMA accredited veterinary school must complete certification by the educational commission for foreign veterinary graduates (ECFVG) program administered by the American veterinary medical association prior to examination by the New Mexico board of veterinary medicine.

B. A foreign veterinary graduate must meet all other requirements for licensure in New Mexico, as specified in 16.25.2 NMAC.

[16.25.5.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.5.8 NMAC, 01-17-2014]

HISTORY OF 16.21.5 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center:

BVE 78-2, Pertaining to Foreign Veterinary Graduate Internship, filed 1-20-78

BVE 79-4, Rules Governing Foreign Veterinary Graduate Internship, filed 9-21-79.

BVE 88-4, Rules Governing Foreign Veterinary Graduate Internship, filed 10-14-98.

BVE 92-4, Rules Governing Foreign Veterinary Graduate Internship, filed 5-22-92.

BVE 93-4, Rules Governing Foreign Veterinary Graduates, filed 6-3-93.

History of the Repealed Material:

16 NMAC 25.5, Foreign Graduates, filed 5-17-96 - Repealed effective 10-12-00.

16.25.5 NMAC, Graduates of Non-VMA-Accredited Veterinary Schools (Foreign Graduates) filed 10-12-00 - Repealed effective 01-17-14.