3 PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

SOAHR 2009-044

 

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES COMMUNITY HEALTH

 

BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE DIRECTOR’S OFFICE

 

VETERINARY TECHNICIAN LICENSURE

 

Filed with the Secretary of State on

 

These rules become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under sections 33, 44, or 45a(6) of 1969 PA 306. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.

 

(By authority conferred on the board of veterinary medicine department of  community health by sections 16145 and 16148 18801 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being §§333.16145 and 333.16148 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16145 and MCL 333.18801 and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1996-1, 1996-2, and 2003-18, MCL 330.3101, 445.2001, and 445.2011)

 

Draft November 30, 2009

 

R  338.4971,  R  338.4972,  R  338.4973,  R  338.4976,  R  338.4978  and  R  338.4982  of  the

Administrative Code are being amended as follows:

 

R 338.4971  Definitions.

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a)   "Board" means the board of veterinary medicine.

(b)   "Code" means Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being §333.1101 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101.

(c)   "Department" means the department of licensing and regulation community health.

 

R 338.4972  Licensure by examination; requirements.

Rule 2. (1) An applicant for a Michigan veterinary technician license by examination shall submit a completed application on a form provided by the department, together with the requisite fee. In addition to meeting the requirements of the code and the administrative rules promulgated pursuant thereto to the code, an applicant shall meet all of the requirements of this rule.

(2)   An applicant shall have graduated from a program for training veterinary technicians that is approved by the board.

(3)    An applicant shall have achieved a converted score of not less than 75 pass on the veterinary technician national examination developed by the professional examination service. American association of veterinary state boards or its successor organization (aavsb).

 

 

(4)    An applicant shall have achieved a converted score of not less than 75 on the board’s veterinary technician practical examination.

 

R 338.4973 Eligibility for examination.

Rule 3. To assure eligibility for the examination, an applicant shall submit a completed application on a form provided by the department, together with the requisite fee, not less than 30 45 days before the date of the examination. To be eligible for examination, an applicant shall establish that he or she has either graduated from, or is a student in good standing in the final year of, a program for training veterinary technicians that is approved by the board.

 

R 338.4976  Licensure by endorsement; requirements.

Rule 6. (1) An applicant for a Michigan veterinary technician license by endorsement shall submit a completed application on a form provided by the department, together with the requisite fee. In addition to meeting the requirements of the code and the administrative rules promulgated pursuant thereto, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this rule, .

    (2) An applicant shall have been first licensed, registered, or certified in another state after achieving a converted score of not less than 75 on the veterinary technician national examination developed by the professional examination service.

    (3) If an applicant was first licensed, registered, or certified in another state on or after January 1, 1986, the applicant shall have graduated from a program for training veterinary technicians that is approved by the board.

    (4) In addition to meeting the examination requirements of subrule (2) of this rule, an applicant who was first licensed, registered, or certified in another state less than 3 years before the date of filing an application for Michigan veterinary technician licensure shall have achieved a converted score of not less than 75 on the board’s veterinary technician practical examination.

(1)    An applicant for a Michigan veterinary technician license by endorsement shall submit a completed application on a form provided by the department with the requisite fee. An applicant shall meet the requirements of the code and the administrative rules promulgated pursuant to the code and shall comply with all of the following:

(a)      An applicant shall have graduated from a program for training veterinary technicians that is approved by the board, as described in R 338.4978.

(b)   An applicant shall have been first licensed, registered, or certified in another state of the United States after achieving a score of pass on the veterinary technician national examination developed by the aavsb.

(c)   An applicant shall have achieved a converted score of not less than 75 on the board’s veterinary technician examination.

(d)   An applicant’s license shall be verified, on a form provided by the department, by the licensing agency of any state of the United States in which the applicant holds a current license or ever held a license as a veterinary technician. Verification includes but is not limited to, showing proof of any disciplinary action taken or pending disciplinary action imposed upon the applicant.

(2)     An applicant who has engaged in the practice of veterinary. technology for a minimum of 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing an application for Michigan veterinary technician licensure will be presumed to have met the requirements of subrules (1)(a), (b) and (c).

 

 

R 338.4978 Approval of veterinary technician training programs; standards adopted by reference.

Rule 8. (1) The board approves and adopts herein by reference the standards for accrediting programs for training veterinary technicians adopted by the American veterinary medical association committee on veterinary technician education and activities and training dated September, 1989, entitled "Essentials of an Acceptable Program for Training Veterinary Technicians." entitled “Accreditation Policies and Procedures of the American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and  Activities,” May 2008. The board shall consider any program for training veterinary technicians that is accredited by the American veterinary medical association committee on veterinary technician activities and training as a program for training veterinary technicians approved by the board.

(2) The standards for accrediting programs for training veterinary technicians adopted by the American veterinary medical association committee on veterinary technician activities and training are available at no cost from the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1931

N.   Meacham Road, Suite 100, Schaumburg, IL 60173 or at the association’s website at  http://www.avma.org. A copy of the standards is available for inspection or distribution at cost from the for inspection at the office of the Michigan Board of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Community Health, 611 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30670,Lansing, Michigan MI 48909. Copies may be obtained at no cost from either the office of the board or the American Veterinary Medical Association, 930 North Meacham Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196.

 

R 338.4982  Relicensure.

Rule 12. An applicant for relicensure pursuant to section 16201(3) of the code shall submit an application on a form provided by the department, together with the requisite fee, and meet either of the following requirements:

   (a) The applicant shall present evidence that he or she has legally engaged in practice as a veterinary technician within the 3-year period preceding the date of filing the application.

     (b) The applicant shall take or retake the board’s veterinary technician practical examination and achieve a converted score of not less than 75.

(1)    An applicant for relicensure whose license has been lapsed for less than 3 years under section 16201(3) of the code may be relicensed after submitting a completed application on a form provided by the department with the requisite fee. The applicant’s license shall be verified, on a form provided by the department, by the licensing agency of any state of the United States in which the applicant holds a current license or ever held a license as a veterinary technician. Verification includes, but is not limited to, showing proof of any disciplinary action taken or pending disciplinary action imposed upon the applicant.

(2)    An applicant for relicensure whose license has been lapsed for 3 years or more under section 16201(3) of the code may be relicensed after submitting a completed application on a form provided by the department with the requisite fee and satisfying either of the following requirements:

(a)    If the applicant had been licensed in another state of the United States and legally engaged in practice as a veterinary technician within the 3-year period immediately preceding the date of the application for relicensure, then the applicant’s license shall be verified, on a form provided by the department, by the licensing agency of any state of the United States in which the applicant holds a current license or ever held a license as a

 

 

veterinary technician.  Verification includes, but is not limited to, showing proof of any disciplinary action taken or pending disciplinary action imposed upon the applicant.

(b)   If the applicant had not engaged in practice as a veterinary technician within the 3- year period immediately preceding the date of the application for relicensure, then the applicant shall do both of the following:

(i)     Have his or her license verified, on a form provided by the department, by the licensing agency of any state of the United States in which the applicant holds a current license or ever held a license as a veterinary technician, which includes, but is not limited to, showing proof of any disciplinary action taken or pending disciplinary action imposed upon the applicant.

(ii)      Take or retake the board’s veterinary technician examination and achieve a converted score of not less than 75.