Bill Text: NC H194 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Allow PAVE Certification/Veterinary License
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-25 - Ch. SL 2013-356 [H194 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H194-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2013-356
HOUSE BILL 194
AN ACT allowing the north carolina veterinary board to accept program for the assessment of veterinary education equivalence (PAve) certification to meet licensure requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 90‑187(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) An application
from a graduate of a nonaccredited college of veterinary medicine outside
the United States and Canadaprogram not accredited by the American
Veterinary Medical Association may not be considered by the Board until the
applicant furnishes satisfactory proof of graduation from a college of
veterinary medicine and of successful completion of the a certification
program developed and administered by by (i) the Educational
Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates of the American Veterinary Medical which
Association,Association or (ii) the Program for the Assessment of
Veterinary Education Equivalence (PAVE) of the American Association of
Veterinary State Boards. The certification program programs shall
include examinations with respect to clinical proficiency and comprehension of
and ability to communicate in the English language."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2013.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved 4:54 p.m. this 25th day of July, 2013
