2026 Minnesota Statutes

156.02 APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE; QUALIFICATIONS.

Subdivision 1.License application.

(a) An application for a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state must be made in writing to the Board of Veterinary Medicine upon a form furnished by the board, accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant is at least 18 years of age, is of good moral character, and has one of the following:

(1) a diploma conferring the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine, or an equivalent degree, from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine;

(2) an ECFVG or a PAVE certificate; or

(3) a certificate from the dean of an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine stating that the applicant is a student in good standing expecting to be graduated at the completion of the current academic year of the college in which the applicant is enrolled.

(b) The application must contain the information and material required by subdivision 2 and any other information that the board may, in its sound judgment, require. The application must be filed with the board at least 60 days before the date of the examination. If the board deems it advisable, it may require that the application is verified by the oath of the applicant.

Subd. 2.Required with application.

Every application must contain:

(1) the nonrefundable application fee;

(2) one of the following:

(i) a copy of a diploma from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine;

(ii) an official transcript as proof of the applicant's degree; or

(iii) if the applicant is a graduate of a foreign college of veterinary medicine, a certificate of satisfactory completion of the ECFVG or PAVE program with a copy of the applicant's diploma and a translation of the diploma if the diploma is not in English; and

(3) if the applicant has served in the armed forces, a copy of discharge papers.

Subd. 3.

MS 2024 [Repealed, 2026 c 53 s 63]

History:

(5851-2) 1937 c 119 s 2; 1965 c 204 s 3; 1973 c 725 s 22; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 125; 1976 c 285 s 2,3; 1985 c 228 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 314 s 3; 1996 c 415 s 8; 1999 c 231 s 155,156; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 33,34; 2026 c 53 s 33,34