TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 50. Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians, 43-50-1 through 43-50-110.

ARTICLE 3 LICENSING

43-50-31. Application for license; qualifications; recordation of license.

1. Any person desiring a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state shall make application to the board. The application shall include evidence, satisfactory to the board, that:
   1. The applicant has attained the age of 18;
   2. The applicant is of good moral character;
   3. The applicant is a graduate of an accredited college or a school of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education or possesses an ECFVG or PAVE certificate or substantial equivalent;
   4. The applicant has passed a board approved examination; provided, however, that the board may provide by rule or regulation for a waiver of any part of such examination for veterinarians who are licensed as such by another state and who are in good standing therewith; and
   5. The applicant meets such other qualifications or provides such other information as the board may require by rule.
2. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount established by the board.
3. The division director shall record the new licenses and issue to the new licensees.
4. If an applicant is found not qualified for licensure, the board shall notify the applicant in writing of such finding and the grounds therefor. Such applicant may request a hearing before the board on the questions of his or her qualifications.

(Ga. L. 1908, p. 88, §§ 3, 4; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2059, 2060; Code 1933, §§ 84-1504, 84-1505; Ga. L. 1950, p. 254, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 543, §§ 2, 3; Code 1933, § 84-1506, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 92, § 1; Code 1981, §43-50-23; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1065, § 4; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1589, § 2; Code 1981, §43-50-31 as redesignated by Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 266, § 45/SB 195; Ga. L. 2012, p. 678, § 1/HB 409; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(3) for the former provisions, which read: "The applicant is a graduate of an accredited college or school of veterinary medicine or possesses an ECFVG certificate or its substantial equivalent;"; deleted "a certificate of registration" following "issue" in subsection (c); and added subsection (d).