CHAPTER 132
HB 30 – FINAL VERSION
05/04/11 1635s
2011 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 30
AN ACT relative to qualifications for licensure by the board of veterinary medicine.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sad, Ches 2; Rep. Haefner, Hills 27
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill allows persons who received a certificate from PAVE, the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence, to apply for licensure with the board of veterinary medicine.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/04/11 1635s
11-0041
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to qualifications for licensure by the board of veterinary medicine.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
132:1 Definition; Veterinarian; Veterinary Practice Act. Amend RSA 332-B:1, IV to read as follows:
IV. "Veterinarian'' means a person who has received a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from an accredited school of veterinary medicine or other veterinary school approved by the board, or a person from a foreign veterinary school holding an ECFVG certificate or a PAVE certificate.
132:2 New Paragraph; Veterinary Practice Act; Definitions; PAVE. Amend RSA 332-B:1 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. “PAVE” means the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence operated by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards.
132:3 Qualifications For Licensure; PAVE. Amend RSA 332-B:9 to read as follows:
332-B:9 Application for License; Qualifications. Any person desiring a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state shall make written application to the board. The application shall show that the applicant is 18 years of age or more, a graduate of an AVMA accredited school of veterinary medicine or other veterinary school acceptable to the board, or the holder of an ECFVG certificate or a PAVE certificate, a person of good professional character, and such other information and proof as the board may require by rule. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount established and published by the board.
132:4 Veterinary Practice Act; Reciprocity. Amend RSA 332-B:11, II to read as follows:
II. Applicants who are not graduates of schools of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA, other than those described in paragraph I, shall possess a certificate issued by the ECFVG, PAVE, or a Certificate of Qualification issued by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, unless at the time such applicant became licensed in the state, province, or U.S. territory from which they are applying, an ECFVG certificate or a PAVE certificate was not required by this state.
132:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 7, 2011
Effective Date: August 6, 2011