As Amended
SEC. 73-39-21. Annual renewal of license; fee.
All persons who are now or may hereafter be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state shall renew same on or before August 1 of each year, as hereinafter provided.
(a) On or before June 1 of each year the secretary-treasurer of the board shall mail an application for renewal of license to every person holding a valid current license.
(b) The applicant shall fill in the application and return it to the secretary-treasurer of the board on or before August 1 of each year.
(c) The applicant shall furnish the board such evidence as it may require of having complied with provisions pursuant to this chapter relating to the annual education program.
(d) The annual renewal fee shall be no less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), to be set by the board, and shall be paid at the time the application for renewal of license is filed. The payment of the annual license renewal fee shall be optional with all veterinarians over the age of seventy (70) years.
(e) Any licensed veterinarian who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who is employed as a veterinarian on a part-time basis only shall be exempt from the payment of such annual renewal fee.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8914-23; Laws, 1971, ch. 468, Sec. 5; 1978, ch. 350, Sec. 1; reenacted and amended, 1980, ch. 545, Sec. 13; 1983, ch. 441, Sec. 2; reenacted, 1988, ch. 340, Sec. 13, eff from and after July 1, 1988.