TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

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

ARTICLE 3 LICENSING

43-50-53. Administration of examinations; reexamination; reactivation.

1. The board shall approve an examination to measure the competence of the applicant to engage in the practice as a licensed veterinary technician and shall set by rule or regulation the score needed to pass any such examination.
2. If an applicant fails an examination, the applicant may take a subsequent examination upon payment of license examination fees.
3. Any licensed veterinary technician in this state whose license has been on inactive status for at least five consecutive years and who desires to reactivate such license shall be required to take continuing education, pay all fees, and meet all other requirements and board rules or regulations as a licensed veterinary technician.

(Code 1981, §43-50-53, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 30, § 3/HB 999; Ga. L. 2012, p. 678, § 3/HB 409; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted "licensed" preceding "veterinary technician" in subsection (a), and twice in subsection (c); in subsection (b), substituted "license" for "the registration and" in the first sentence and deleted the former second sentence, which read: "No person may take the examination more than three times without review and approval by the board under such circumstances as the board deems appropriate."; in subsection (c), substituted "license" for "certificate of registration" near the middle, substituted "license" for "registration" in the middle, and deleted "for registration" following "regulations" near the end.