PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements and procedures for retaking the licensure examination for veterinarians.

1. (1) Any applicant who fails an examination for licensure as a veterinarian may be reexamined by making application to the board office and paying the appropriate nonrefundable examination fee and registration fee and provide two additional photographs. The deadline for applying to retake the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) and the State Board Examination shall be sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled examinations.
2. (2) Effective August 28, 1999, no person may take any examination more than four (4) times either in or out of Missouri to qualify for licensure in Missouri. Prior to making application for the fourth attempt at passage of the examination, the applicant shall schedule an appearance with the board to outline a continuing education program which shall be board approved and completed prior to filing an application for the subsequent examination.

AUTHORITY: sections 340.210 and 340.232, RSMo Supp. 1999.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 270-2.041. Original rule file Nov. 4, 1992, effective July 8, 1993. Amended: Filed April 14, 1994, effective Sept. 30, 1994. Amended: Filed July 31, 2000, effective Jan. 30, 2001. Moved to 20 CSR 2270- 2.041, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 340.210, RSMo 1992, amended 1993, 1995, 1999; and 340.232, RSMo 1992, amended 1999.