{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6704","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 6704","heading":"Requirements for a professional license as a veterinarian","body":"§ 6704. Requirements for a professional license as a veterinarian. To\nqualify for a license as a veterinarian, an applicant shall fulfill the\nfollowing requirements:\n  (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n  (2) Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree\nin veterinary medicine, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n  (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n  (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a\nnoncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United\nStates; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a one-time\nthree-year waiver for a veterinarian who otherwise meets the\nrequirements of this article and who has accepted an offer to practice\nveterinary medicine in a county in the state which the department has\ncertified as having a shortage of qualified applicants to fill existing\nvacancies in veterinary medicine, and provided further that the board of\nregents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not more\nthan one year;\n  (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n  (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred sixty dollars to the department for\nadmission to a department conducted examination and for an initial\nlicense, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for each\nreexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty dollars for an initial\nlicense for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted\nexamination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial\nregistration period.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 135. Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/6704","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"c2737da6469075d70751720f15efaf3e9ae00af263a30c488143eadd46124f5a","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6703","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6704-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}