TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-25
Veterinary Practice
SECTION 5-25-11
§ 5-25-11 Licensing of veterinarians.
(a) By Examination. The applicant is required to pass, with a grade
determined by the division, an examination approved by the division; upon
payment of an examination fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 every candidate
who passes that examination, and in the opinion of the division meets the
qualifications of § 5-25-10, shall, upon payment of an initial license
fee, which shall be equal to the biennial license renewal fee in effect, be
issued a license to practice veterinary medicine. Veterinarians licensed under
the provisions of this chapter on August 31, 1985 shall continue to be licensed.
(b) Without Examination by Endorsement. A license to
practice veterinary medicine may be issued without examination to an applicant
who has been duly licensed by examination as a veterinarian under the laws of
another state or territory or District of Columbia, if, in the opinion of the
division, the applicant meets the qualifications required of veterinarians in
this state, as further defined in rules and regulations.
(c) Emergency or natural disaster. A veterinarian who
is properly and currently licensed or credentialed in another state may
practice, without written examination or other qualification, in the state of
Rhode Island during an emergency or natural disaster as determined by the Rhode
Island state veterinarian or the director of the division of agriculture. Said
veterinarian shall provide only those services that are at the direction of the
Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture and
are directly related to a response to an emergency or natural disaster and only
until the services of the veterinarian are no longer required as determined by
the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77,
art. 14, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241,
art. 9, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 32, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 42, §
1.)
