§ 6711. Requirements for a professional license as an veterinary
technician. To qualify for licensure as an veterinary technician, an
applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

1. Application: file an application with the department;

2. Education: have successfully completed a four-year course of study
in a secondary school approved by the board of regents or its
equivalent;

3. Have completed a college-level course of study in, and hold a
diploma from a school of veterinary science technology for the training
of animal health technicians, giving a course of not less than eighteen
months, registered by the department as maintaining at the time, a
satisfactory standard, or has completed a college-level course of study
determined by the department to be the equivalent thereof;

4. Any person who submits an application prior to January first,
nineteen hundred eighty-three and who submits evidence of employment by
a veterinarian or a veterinary facility prior to that date may be
licensed on the basis of this experience if acceptable in the discretion
of the board in accordance with the commissioner's regulations and upon
the successful completion of the licensing examination required by this
section;

5. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a one-time
three-year waiver for an animal health technician who otherwise meets
the requirements of this article and provided further that the board of
regents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not more
than one year;

7. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and

8. Fees: pay a fee to the department for admission to the examination
and for initial licensure of eighty-five dollars, for each reexamination
forty-five dollars, and a fee of eighty dollars for each triennial
registration period.