PURPOSE: This rule describes the examinations required for registration as a veterinary technician. (1) All applicants for registration as a veterinary technician in Missouri shall take the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE) and the State Board Examination. The deadline for applying to take the examination(s) shall be sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled administration of the examinations.

1. (2) The passing score on the VTNE shall be the minimum criterion referenced score of four hundred twenty-five (425). The passing score shall be seventy percent (70%) correct on the State Board Examination for the issuance of a registration in this state.
2. (3) The VTNE and the State Board Examination shall be administered at least once each year.
3. (4) An applicant may apply for and take the examinations during his/her final semester of college provided an official from the college verifies to the board that the applicant is expected to graduate. However, no certificate of registration will be issued until an official transcript verifying receipt of the degree is received by the board office sent directly by the degree-granting institution. It shall be the applicant’s responsibility to arrange with the school or college for the transmitting of the official transcript to the board office.
4. (5) Any applicant who fails either of the required examinations for registration as a veterinary technician may retake the failed examination(s) by notifying the board office and paying the appropriate nonrefundable examination fee and registration fee no less than sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled examination. Test scores are valid and will be accepted by the board for a period not to exceed five (5) years.
5. (6) Effective August 28, 1999, no person may take either examination more than four
6. (4) times either in or out of Missouri to qualify for registration in Missouri. Prior to making application for the fourth attempt at passage of an 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 application for the subsequent examination.

AUTHORITY: sections 340.210, 340.300, 340.302 and 340.308, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 270-3.020. Original rule filed Nov. 4, 1992, effective July 8, 1993. Amended: Filed April 14, 1994, effective Sept. 30, 1994. Amended: Filed March 10, 1995, effective Sept. 30, 1995. 20 CSR 2270-3 Amended: Filed April 13, 2001, effective Oct. 30, 2001. Moved to 20 CSR 2270-3.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 340.210, RSMo 1992, amended 1993, 1995, 1999; 340.300, RSMo 1992, amended 1999; 340.302, RSMo 1992, amended 1999; and 340.308, RSMo 1992.