47-829. Licenses; expiration;
renewal; continuing education requirements. (a) All licenses shall
expire annually on June 30 of each year but may be renewed by registration
with the board and payment of the license renewal fee established and published
by the board, pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 47-822, and amendments
thereto. On June 1 of each year, the executive director shall mail a notice
to each licensed veterinarian that the veterinarian's license will expire
on June 30 and provide the veterinarian with a form for license renewal.
(1) The application shall contain
a statement to the effect that the applicant has not been convicted of a
felony, has not been the subject of professional disciplinary action taken
by any public agency in Kansas or any other state, territory or the District
of Columbia, and has not violated any of the provisions of the Kansas veterinary
practice act. If the applicant is unable to make that statement, the application
shall contain a statement of the conviction, professional discipline or violation.
(2) The board, as part of the
renewal process, may make necessary inquiries of the applicant and conduct
an investigation in order to determine if cause for disciplinary action exists.
(b) A license may be renewed upon
payment of the renewal fee as required by this section and the provision
of satisfactory evidence that the licensee has participated in a minimum
of 20 clock hours of continuing education. The burden of proof for showing
such participation in continuing education hours shall be the responsibility
of the licensee. The continuing education requirement may be waived for impaired
veterinarians, as defined by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 47-846, and amendments
thereto, and may be waived for veterinarians while they are on active military
duty with any branch of the armed services of the United States during a
time of national emergency which shall not exceed the longer of three years
or the duration of a national emergency.
(c) All veterinarian licenses
shall expire annually and must be renewed by making application to the board
and payment of the license renewal fee. Any person who practices veterinary
medicine after the expiration of such person's license and willfully or by
neglect fails to renew such license shall be practicing in violation of this
act. Any license renewal application which is submitted beyond the annual
renewal date shall be assessed a penalty fee not to exceed $100 as established
by the board by rules and regulations. In the event that the application
for renewal of any veterinarian license has not been submitted within 60
days of the expiration date of such license, the board shall notify the veterinarian
by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the license has expired
and shall not be reinstated unless such veterinarian submits an application
for and requalifies for a new license and pays the license application fee
not to exceed $250 as established by the board by rules and regulations.
(d) The board, by rules and regulations,
may waive the payment of the license renewal fee of a licensed veterinarian
during the period when such veterinarian is on active military duty with
any branch of the armed services of the United States during a time of national
emergency which shall not to exceed the longer of three years or the duration
of a national emergency.
History: L. 1969, ch. 261, §
16; L. 1980, ch. 155, § 13; L. 1993, ch. 129, § 13; L. 1999, ch.
25, § 8; July 1.