TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

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

ARTICLE 3 LICENSING

43-50-43. Veterinary faculty licenses.

The board may, in its discretion, issue a veterinary faculty license to any qualified applicant associated with one of this state's institutions of higher learning and involved either in research activities within such institution or in the instructional program of either undergraduate or graduate veterinary medical students, subject to the following conditions:

1. That the holder of the veterinary faculty license shall be remunerated for the practice aspects of his or her services solely from state, federal, or institutional funds and not from the animal patient-owner beneficiary of his or her practice efforts;
2. That the holder of the veterinary faculty license shall practice solely at the institution of higher learning or in an educational or research program outside the institution but associated with the institution;
3. That the license issued under this Code section may be revoked or suspended or the licensee may be otherwise disciplined in accordance with Code Section 43-50-41; and
4. That the license issued under this Code section may be canceled by the board upon receipt of information that the holder of the veterinary faculty license has left or has otherwise been discontinued from faculty employment at an institution of higher learning of this state.

(Code 1933, § 84-1513, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 260, § 6; Code 1981, §43-50-30; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1065, § 7; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1589, § 6; Code 1981, §43-50-43, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted "animal" near the end of paragraph (1); and substituted the present provisions of paragraph (2) for the former provisions, which read: "That the applicant will furnish the board with such proof as the board may deem necessary to demonstrate that the applicant is a graduate of a reputable school or college of veterinary medicine; that the applicant has or will have a faculty position at an institution which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of this Code section, as certified by an authorized administrative official at such institution; and that the applicant understands and agrees that the faculty license is valid only for the practice of veterinary medicine as a faculty member of the institution;".