PURPOSE: This rule provides for an exception to the requirements of licensure for university veterinary school or college faculty members who are graduates of non-American Veterinary Medical Association accredited universities and who do not have an Educational Commission of Foreign Veterinary Graduate certificate but are American Veterinary Medical Association board-certified.

1. (1) Faculty members at an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)-accredited college or university who are AVMA board-certified but did not graduate from an AVMA- accredited college of veterinary medicine may apply to the board for a veterinary license under the following conditions:

   1. (A) Achieving a passing score as defined in 20 CSR 2270-2.031 on the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) and Missouri State Board examinations; and
   2. (B) Submitting a letter from the AVMA certification board verifying the applicant’s certification and stating the specialty in which the applicant is certified and the date it was granted.
2. (2) A license issued under this rule shall restrict the licensee to practice only within the university setting where s/he is employed as a member of the faculty and only in the specialty area listed on his/her board certificate.

AUTHORITY: sections 340.210, 340.216, and 340.230, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 270-2.051. Original rule filed Nov. 4, 1992, effective July 8, 1993. Amended: Filed April 1, 2003, effective Sept. 30, 2003. Moved to 20 CSR 2270-2.051, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 27, 2008, effective Dec. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 340.210, RSMo 1992, amended 1993, 1995, 1999; 340.216, RSMo 1992, amended 1999; and 340.230, RSMo 1992, amended 1994, 1999.