Section 338.4982. Relicensure.

(1) An applicant for relicensure whose license has been lapsed for less than 3 years under section 16201(3) of the code, MCL 333.16201(3), 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, MCL 333.16201(3), 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)       Have successfully passed the veterinary technician national examination developed by the American association of veterinary state boards or its successor organization within the 3-year period immediately preceding the date of the application for relicensure.

History: 1981 AACS; 1990 AACS; 2011 AACS; 2016 MR 6, Eff. March 16, 2016.