SECTION .0300 ‑ EXAMINATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES
21 NCAC 66 .0301 APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION
(a) All applicants for a license to practice veterinary
medicine shall complete, sign and return the application form for veterinary
license available from the Board.
(b) All applicants for license by examination shall
successfully pass the licensure examinations. The Board shall review and
evaluate the validity and accuracy of information contained in an application
for licensure. If the prerequisites of G.S. 90‑187 and G.S. 90‑187.1
are met, the Board shall admit the applicant to the examinations.
(c) The nature of the examinations is to determine the
applicant's minimum competency to practice veterinary medicine within the state
of North Carolina. The Board shall administer, in conformity with the testing
service criteria, the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE)
as prepared by the Board or a licensure examination service contracted with by
the Board.
(d) The Board shall also administer a special North
Carolina Examination to evaluate the applicant's knowledge of Article 11 of
Chapter 90 and 21 NCAC 66 of the North Carolina Administrative Code.
(e) Pursuant to G.S. 90-187.1, the Board shall establish
the passing score for the current NAVLE and the North Carolina Examination,
which shall include examination on the statutes and administrative rules
governing the practice of veterinary medicine in the State.
(f) The Executive Director shall notify all applicants of
the score received on the examinations. Thereafter, if all information has
been verified as correct and truthful, and if the requirements of G.S. 90-187
and G.S. 90-187.1 have been met, he shall issue a license to those successfully
passing the examinations.
(g) This Section does not apply to the licensure,
relicensure or reinstatement of a veterinarian whose license has been suspended
or revoked by the Board or who presently has a complaint or other matter
pending in this or another state or jurisdiction that has or may result in
discipline against the applicant's license to practice veterinary medicine in
that State.
(h) In determining whether to issue a license to practice
veterinary medicine, the Board may consider all information obtained as a
result of the application, including but not limited to all testing
information, including examination scores of the examinations identified
herein; and information obtained pursuant to the requirements of Rule .0310 of
this Section or information obtained about the applicant which the applicant
was required to have furnished.
History Note: Authority G.S. 90‑185(1); 90‑185(6);
90‑187; 90‑187.1;
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 30, 1977;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2006; May 1, 1996; May 1, 1989.