1998 Minnesota Statutes

     156.072 Nonresidents; licenses. 

    Subdivision 1.    Application.  A doctor of veterinary 
 medicine duly admitted to practice in any of the other states or 
 territories or District of Columbia desiring permission to 
 practice veterinary medicine in this state shall submit an 
 application to the board upon forms prescribed by the board.  
 Upon proof of licensure to practice in any other state or 
 territory or in the District of Columbia and having been 
 actively engaged in practicing veterinary medicine therein, for 
 at least three of the five years next preceding the application, 
 or having been engaged in full time teaching of veterinary 
 medicine in an approved or accredited college for at least three 
 of the five years next preceding the application, or any 
 combination thereof, the examination may be waived, upon the 
 recommendation of the board, and the applicant be admitted to 
 practice without examination.  However, the board may impose any 
 other tests as it considers proper. 

    Subd. 2.    Required with application.  Such doctor of 
 veterinary medicine shall accompany the application by the 
 following: 

    (1) affidavits of two practicing doctors of veterinary 
 medicine of the state, territory or District of Columbia so 
 certifying that they are well acquainted with such applicant, 
 that the applicant is a person of good moral character, and has 
 been actively engaged in practicing or teaching as the case may 
 be in such state, territory, or District of Columbia for the 
 period above prescribed; 

    (2) a certificate from the regulatory agency having 
 jurisdiction over the conduct of practice of veterinary medicine 
 that such applicant is in good standing and is not the subject 
 of disciplinary action or pending disciplinary action; 

    (3) a certificate from all other jurisdictions in which the 
 applicant holds a currently active license or held a license 
 within the past ten years, stating that the applicant is and was 
 in good standing and has not been subject to disciplinary 
 action; and 

    (4) a fee as set by the board in form of check or money 
 order payable to the board, no part of which shall be refunded 
 should the application be denied. 

    Subd. 3.    Examination.  A doctor of veterinary 
 medicine duly admitted to practice in any of the other states or 
 territories or in the District of Columbia desiring admission to 
 practice in this state but who has not been actively engaged in 
 the practice thereof for at least three of the preceding five 
 years must be examined for admission in accordance with the 
 requirements prescribed herein for those not admitted to 
 practice anywhere. 

    Subd. 4.    Temporary permit.  The board may issue 
 without examination a temporary permit to practice veterinary 
 medicine in this state to a person who has submitted an 
 application approved by the board for license pending 
 examination, and holds a doctor of veterinary medicine degree or 
 an equivalent degree from an approved or accredited veterinary 
 college.  The temporary permit shall expire the day after 
 publication of the notice of results of the first examination 
 given after the permit is issued.  No temporary permit may be 
 issued to any applicant who has previously failed the 
 examination in this state or in any other state, territory, or 
 district of the United States or a foreign country. 

    Subd. 5. Renumbered subd 4 

    HIST: 1965 c 204 s 9; 1976 c 222 s 128,129; 1976 c 285 s 7-9; 
 1986 c 444; 1996 c 415 s 14