La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXV-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXXXV-503 - Exemption of Fee for Active Military Duty/Reduction of Fee for Qualified Retirement/Disability

A. The board shall exempt a veterinarian licensed in the state of Louisiana from the annual license renewal fee for active status if he is a member of the armed forces and is on active duty. The board shall apply the reduced annual renewal fee for inactive status if the veterinarian is totally disabled to practice veterinary medicine without probability of return to practice for the annual renewal period at issue as certified by a physician's statement, or if he is retired and has reached the age of 65 years.

B. In each of the above cases, the veterinarian who requests fee exemption or reduction for inactive status must register with the board annually and provide proof of his eligibility for fee exemption or reduction for inactive status in affidavit form approved by the board.

C. A licensee who submits an affidavit of retirement as provided by the board for this purpose is entitled to the reduced annual fee for inactive status if he has reached the age of 65 years, or submits an affidavit of disability and physician's statement of total disability without probability of return to practice for the annual renewal period at issue. The documentation must be submitted annually with the registration form.

1. Once an affidavit is received by the board, a written request for reinstatement of a license may thereafter be submitted to the board within five years of such date of receipt, provided the applicant submits with his request the payment of all back active annual renewal fees, as well as current active annual renewal fees for application.

2. A request for reinstatement within five years of the date an affidavit is received by the board may be subject to certain conditions being met as set by the board prior to such reinstatement.

3. Once an affidavit is received by the board, a written request for reinstatement of a license may be submitted to the board after the expiration of five years of such date of receipt, however, the applicant shall submit an application for re-licensure, pay all required fees and satisfactorily pass all licensure examinations.

4. A request for reinstatement shall be made in writing for review and consideration by the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXV-503

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Veterinary Medicine, LR 10:208 (March 1984), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Veterinary Medicine, LR 23:963 (August 1997), LR 29:1478 (August 2003), LR 38:1592 (July 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1518 and 1520.A.