Subd. 1. Application.

A doctor of veterinary medicine duly admitted to practice in any of the other states or territories or District of Columbia desiring permission to practice veterinary medicine in this state shall submit an application to the board upon forms prescribed by the board. Upon proof of licensure to practice in any other state or territory or in the District of Columbia and having been actively engaged in practicing veterinary medicine therein, for at least three of the five years next preceding the application, or having been engaged in full time teaching of veterinary medicine in an approved or accredited college for at least three of the five years next preceding the application, or any combination thereof, the examination may be waived, upon the recommendation of the board, and the applicant be admitted to practice without examination. However, the board may impose any other tests as it considers proper.

Subd. 2. Required with application.

Such doctor of veterinary medicine shall accompany the application by the following:

1. (1) affidavits of two practicing doctors of veterinary medicine of the state, territory or District of Columbia so certifying that they are well acquainted with such applicant, that the applicant is a person of good moral character, and has been actively engaged in practicing or teaching as the case may be in such state, territory, or District of Columbia for the period above prescribed;
2. (2) a certificate from the regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the conduct of practice of veterinary medicine that such applicant is in good standing and is not the subject of disciplinary action or pending disciplinary action;
3. (3) a certificate from all other jurisdictions in which the applicant holds a currently active license or held a license within the past ten years, stating that the applicant is and was in good standing and has not been subject to disciplinary action; and
4. (4) a fee as set by the board in form of check or money order payable to the board, no part of which shall be refunded should the application be denied.

Subd. 3. Examination.

A doctor of veterinary medicine duly admitted to practice in any of the other states or territories or in the District of Columbia desiring admission to practice in this state but who has not been actively engaged in the practice thereof for at least three of the preceding five years must be examined for admission in accordance with the requirements prescribed herein for those not admitted to practice anywhere.

Subd. 4. Temporary permit.

The board may issue without examination a temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine in this state to a person who has submitted an application approved by the board for license pending examination, and holds a doctor of veterinary medicine degree or an equivalent degree from an approved or accredited veterinary college. The temporary permit shall expire the day after publication of the notice of results of the first examination given after the permit is issued. No temporary permit may be issued to any applicant who has previously failed the examination in this state or in any other state, territory, or district of the United States or a foreign country.

Subd. 5.

Renumbered subd 4