00HOUSE BILL NO. 137                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to veterinarians; extending the termination date of the Board                                          
02 of Veterinary Examiners; and providing for an effective date."                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(20) is amended to read:                                                                
05   (20)  Board of Veterinary Examiners (AS 08.98.010) - June 30, 2003                                                 
06 [1997].                                                                                                                 
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.98.184 is amended to read:                                                                          
08  Sec. 08.98.184.  Licensure by credentials.  The board shall approve the                                               
09 issuance of a license to an applicant who holds a valid license to practice veterinary                                  
10 medicine in another state, territory, or country [WITH LICENSING REQUIREMENTS                                           
11 SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO OR HIGHER THAN THOSE OF THIS STATE                                                             
12 WHICH WERE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THE APPLICANT OBTAINED A                                                               
13 LICENSE IN THE OTHER JURISDICTION] if the applicant has                                                               
14   (1)  [HAS GRADUATED FROM AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF                                                                     

01 VETERINARY MEDICINE OR HAS SUCCESSFULLY] passed the national board                                                    
02 examination for veterinary medicine prepared under the authority of the National                                      
03 Board Examination Committee (NBEC), the National Board of Veterinary Medical                                           
04 Examiners, or the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB), or                                           
05 an examination determined by the board to be equivalent to any of these                                                 
06 examinations; however, if, at the time the applicant became licensed in the other                                       
07 jurisdiction, this state did not require a passing score on a national examination                                      
08 described in this paragraph, the applicant can satisfy the examination                                                  
09 requirement of this paragraph by demonstrating that the applicant has passed the                                        
10 type of licensing examination that was required for entry level licensees in this                                       
11 state at the time the applicant became licensed in the other jurisdiction                                              
12 [COMMITTEE'S EDUCATION COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN VETERINARY                                                                
13 GRADUATES];                                                                                                             
14   (2)  [HAS] been engaged in the active practice of veterinary medicine                                                
15 for at least five of the seven years before filing the application;                                                     
16   (3)  [HAS] not failed the state written or practical examination;                                                    
17   (4)  [HAS] no disciplinary proceeding, unresolved complaints, or                                                     
18 professional association review proceedings pending at the time a license is to be                                      
19 issued, and has not had a veterinarian license revoked for cause in another jurisdiction;                               
20 and                                                                                                                     
21   (5)  [HAS] paid required fees.                                                                                       
22    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.