37-18-303. Examination -- temporary permit pending examination. (1) Subject to 37-1-101, the board shall by means of examination, either oral, written, or practical or a combination of oral, written, or practical as the board determines, ascertain the professional qualifications for license of applicants under this part. The department shall issue a license to all who are found to be, in the judgment of the board, competent to practice. A license may not be issued to a person who is not found by the examination or investigation to be competent and qualified.
     (2) The examination must be held when determined necessary by the board, but not less frequently than once each year at a time and place specified by the board. The examination must cover theory and practice, pharmacology and therapeutics, animal sanitation, surgery, communicable diseases, and other subjects chosen by the board which are ordinarily included in the curriculum of a school of veterinary medicine recognized and approved by the American veterinary medical association.
     (3) The department shall consecutively number applications received, note on each the disposition made of it, and preserve them for reference and shall number consecutively licenses issued.
     (4) An applicant is required to achieve a grade of 70% in order to obtain a license. An applicant who has failed an examination may apply to be reexamined at a subsequent examination and shall pay another application fee commensurate with the costs of the examinations and set by the board and shall take another complete examination in all subjects.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 82, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 150, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 3220, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3220, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 90, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 127, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 168, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 208, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2204(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 431, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 96, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 21, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 429, L. 1995.