New York § 6704 Requirements for a professional license as a veterinarian

New York Statutes

§ 6704 — Requirements for a professional license as a veterinarian

New York § 6704

Law EDNEducation

Title 8The Professions

Art. 135Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology

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N.Y. Education § 6704 (2026).

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  § 6704. Requirements for a professional license as a veterinarian. To\nqualify for a license as a veterinarian, an applicant shall fulfill the\nfollowing requirements:\n  (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n  (2) Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree\nin veterinary medicine, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n  (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n  (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a\nnoncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in

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§ 6704. Requirements for a professional license as a veterinarian. To\nqualify for a license as a veterinarian, an applicant shall fulfill the\nfollowing requirements:\n (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n (2) Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree\nin veterinary medicine, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a\nnoncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United\nStates; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a one-time\nthree-year waiver for a veterinarian who otherwise meets the\nrequirements of this article and who has accepted an offer to practice\nveterinary medicine in a county in the state which the department has\ncertified as having a shortage of qualified applicants to fill existing\nvacancies in veterinary medicine, and provided further that the board of\nregents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not more\nthan one year;\n (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred sixty dollars to the department for\nadmission to a department conducted examination and for an initial\nlicense, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for each\nreexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty dollars for an initial\nlicense for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted\nexamination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial\nregistration period.\n