(A) The board may issue a temporary certificate if the applicant:
(1) meets all the qualifications and requirements of Section 40-69-430;
(2) has filed an application to take the examination;
(3) pays a temporary certificate fee which must be set by the board in regulation promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act; this fee is in addition to the examination fee.
(B) A temporary certificate shall permit the applicant holder to work as an Animal Health Technician until the next regularly scheduled examination. Temporary certificates may not be renewed. However, a person who is unable to attend the examination because of illness, accident, or other reasonable condition beyond the person's control, in the discretion of the board, may have the temporary certificate renewed until the board is able to act on the application after the person completes the required examination.