Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4863 – License renewal
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4863
- Board: means the State Board of Veterinary Medicine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Licensed veterinarian: means a person who is validly and currently licensed by the board to practice veterinary medicine in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative and corporation or any other group or combination acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver or as any other kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest, assignee, agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer or any other representative of such person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Veterinarian: means a person who has received a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from a school of veterinary medicine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
All licenses expire annually on such date as the commissioner may designate, and may be renewed with the board by payment of the renewal fee as set under section 4863?A. [PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. R, §7 (AMD).]
Licenses may be reinstated up to 90 days after the date of expiration upon payment of a late fee as set under section 4863?A in addition to the renewal fee. A person who submits an application for renewal more than 90 days after the license renewal date is subject to all requirements governing new applicants under this chapter, except that the board may, giving due consideration to the protection of the public, waive examination if that renewal application is received, together with the late fee, renewal fee and additional late fee as set under section 4863?A, within 2 years from the date of the expiration. [PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. R, §7 (AMD).]
By rule the board may waive the payment of the renewal fee of a licensed veterinarian during the period when that veterinarian is on active duty with any branch of the Armed Services of the United States, not to exceed the longer of 3 years or the duration of a national emergency. [PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. R, §7 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 291, §6 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 48, §6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 450, §31 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 509, §25 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 246, §20 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 251, §3 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. R, §7 (AMD).