HB2261 Summary

• Exempts veterinary faculty members employed by AVMA-accredited veterinary colleges from the requirement to take state and North American veterinary licensing examinations for licensure.

• Requires all other veterinary license applicants to pass both a state examination approved by the board and the North American veterinary licensing examination, with scores not to be averaged.

• Establishes that state examinations must be held in January and June each year, conducted anonymously so board members do not know applicants' names until grading is complete.

• Allows temporary permits for veterinary faculty members who have graduated from a veterinary college, exempt from the usual requirement that temporary permittees be graduates of AVMA-accredited colleges or holders of foreign graduate certificates.

• Defines "emergency temporary permit" and clarifies that veterinarians holding emergency temporary permits are considered emergency responders and emergency workers under state law.