(1) The board may issue a special permit to practice veterinary medicine to an unlicensed veterinarian who is a qualified applicant to become a licensed veterinarian and who is awaiting the pending results of a board-approved national examination or the final examination stage of an approved foreign education equivalency program.
(2) Individuals seeking to obtain a special permit shall apply to the board for licensure and shall be employed by and working under the direct supervision of a Kentucky- licensed veterinarian. The application shall include a letter of recommendation and acknowledgement of supervisory responsibilities and shall be signed by each supervising licensed veterinarian.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 321.201

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Applicant: means a person who submits an application for licensure, certification, permit, or registration, whether complete or not, to the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
  • Board: means the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
  • Committee substitute: Short for committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  • Direct supervision: means the supervising veterinarian is readily available on the premises where the patient is being treated. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative, corporation, governmental body, or any other group, legal entity, or combination acting in concert, and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver, or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest, assignee, agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative of the person. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Veterinarian: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181

(3) The special permit shall not be issued until the application has been submitted to take the next examination given by an approved examination provider.
(4) The special permit shall expire seven (7) business days after the notice of results of the first examination given after the permit was issued.
(5) A special permit holder may be subject to the disciplinary procedures as set forth in
KRS § 321.351.
(6) If the special permit holder does not pass an examination attempt, the person may apply for and obtain a new special permit for subsequent examination attempts. The board shall not issue any individual person more than a total of four (4) special permits.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 15, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2016 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2016. — Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
299, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/92). This statute was created in 1992 Ky.
Acts ch. 299, which contains the enrolled text of Senate Bill 250. A committee substitute for this bill was adopted by the House with a floor amendment, and the Senate subsequently concurred in this action by the House; this amended substitute thus became the enrolled version of the bill. In drafting the House Committee Substitute, the original Section 10 of the bill was deleted in its entirety, but internal section references within the bill were not renumbered to reflect this deletion. Therefore, in codifying this statute, the internal section reference within Acts ch.
299, sec. 5, has been changed pursuant to KRS § 7.136(1).