Subpart 1.
Required for licensure.
Each person now licensed to practice veterinary medicine in
this state, or who becomes licensed by the Board of Veterinary Medicine to
engage in the practice, shall pay an initial fee or a biennial license renewal
fee if the person wishes to practice veterinary medicine in the coming two-year
period or remain licensed as a veterinarian. A licensure period begins on March
1 and expires the last day of February two years later. A licensee with an
even-numbered license shall renew by March 1 of even-numbered years and a
licensee with an odd-numbered license shall renew by March 1 of odd-numbered
years. For 1996 license renewals, licensees with an even-numbered license shall
renew for two years. Licensees with an odd-numbered license shall renew for one
year and commence renewal for a two-year period in 1997.
Subp. 2.
Amount.
The initial licensure fee and the biennial renewal fee is $200
and must be paid to the executive director of the board on or before March 1 of
the first year of the biennial license period. By January 1 of the first year
for which the biennial renewal fee is due, the board shall issue a renewal
application to each current licensee to the last address maintained in the
board file. Failure to receive this notice does not relieve the licensee of the
obligation to pay renewal fees so that they are received by the board on or
before the renewal date of March 1.
Initial licenses issued after the start of the licensure
renewal period are valid only until the end of the period.
Subp. 3.
Date due.
A licensee must apply for a renewal license on or before March
1 of the first year of the biennial license renewal period. A renewal license
is valid from March 1 through the last day of February of the last year of the
two-year license renewal period. An application postmarked no later than the
last day of February must be considered to have been received on March
1.
Subp. 4.
Late
renewal penalty.
An applicant for renewal must pay a late renewal penalty of
$100 in addition to the renewal fee if the application for renewal is received
after March 1 of the licensure renewal period. A renewed license issued after
March 1 of the licensure renewal period is valid only to the end of the period
regardless of when the renewal fee is received.
Subp. 4a.
Reinstatement fee.
An applicant for license renewal whose license has previously
been suspended by official board action for nonrenewal must pay a reinstatement
fee of $50 in addition to the $200 renewal fee and the $100 late renewal
penalty.
Subp. 5.
Penalty for failure to pay.
Within 30 days after the renewal date, a licensee who has not
renewed the license must be notified by letter sent to the last known address
of the licensee in the file of the board that the renewal is overdue and that
failure to pay the current fee and current late fee within 60 days after the
renewal date will result in suspension of the license. A second notice must be
sent by registered or certified mail at least seven days before a board meeting
occurring 60 days or more after the renewal date to each licensee who has not
paid the renewal fee and late fee.
Subp.
6.
Suspension.
The board, by means of a roll call vote, shall suspend the
license of a licensee whose license renewal is at least 60 days overdue and to
whom notification has been sent as provided in subpart
5. Failure of a licensee to
receive notification is not grounds for later challenge by the licensee of the
suspension. The former licensee must be notified by registered or certified
letter within seven days of the board action. The suspended status placed on a
license may be removed only on payment of renewal fees and late penalty fees
for each licensure period or part of a period that the license was not renewed.
A licensee who fails to renew a license for five years or more must meet the
criteria of Minnesota Statutes, section
156.071,
for relicensure.
Subp. 7.
Inactive license.
A person holding a current unrestricted license to practice
veterinary medicine in Minnesota may, at the time of the person's next biennial
license renewal date, renew the license as an inactive license at one-half the
renewal fee of an unrestricted license. The license may be continued in an
inactive status by renewal on a biennial basis at one-half the regular license
fee.
A. A person holding an inactive
license is not permitted to practice veterinary medicine in Minnesota and
remains under the disciplinary authority of the board.
B. A person may convert a current inactive
license to an unrestricted license upon application to and approval by the
board. The application must include:
(1)
documentation of licensure in good standing and of having met continuing
education requirements of current state of practice, or documentation of having
met Minnesota continuing education requirements retroactive to the date of
licensure inactivation;
(2)
certification by the applicant that the applicant is not currently under
disciplinary orders or investigation for acts that could result in disciplinary
action in any other jurisdiction; and
(3) payment of a fee equal to the full
difference between an inactive and unrestricted license if converting during
the first year of the biennial license cycle or payment of a fee equal to
one-half the difference between an inactive and an unrestricted license if
converting during the second year of the license cycle.
C. Deadline for renewal of an inactive
license is March 1 of the first year of the biennial license renewal period. A
late renewal penalty of one-half the inactive renewal fee must be paid if
renewal is received after March 1.
Notes
Minn. R. agency 193, ch. 9100, pt. 9100.0500
11 SR 635; 14 SR 2131; 17
SR 1279; 17 SR 2106; 20 SR 340; 21 SR 1107; 22 SR
1472
Statutory Authority: MS s 16A.128;
156.01;
156.02;
156.03;
156.07;
156.081;
214.06
