(a) The Board shall issue a license to each applicant, who meets the requirements of this chapter for licensure as a veterinarian or as a veterinary technician, and who pays the fee established under § 3308 of this title.

(b) Each license shall be renewed biennially upon submission of a renewal application provided by the Board along with the evidence of continuing education courses, unless waived by the board, as may be required by the rules and regulations set forth by the Board and payment of the renewal fee as determined by the Division of Professional Regulation. The Board shall, in its rules and regulations, determine the period of time within which a practitioner may still renew the license, notwithstanding the fact that such practitioner has failed to renew on or before the renewal date; provided, however, that such period shall not exceed 1 year. At the expiration of the period designated by the Board, the license shall be deemed to be lapsed and not renewable, unless the former licensee reapplies under the same conditions which govern reciprocity.

(c) A licensee, upon written request, may be placed in an inactive status. The renewal fee of such person shall be prorated in accordance with the amount of time such person was inactive. Such person may reenter practice upon written notification to the Board of the intent to do so and completion of continuing education as required in the Board’s rules and regulations.

24 Del. C. 1953, § ?3309; 57 Del. Laws, c. 178; 63 Del. Laws, c. 460, § ?9; 64 Del. Laws, c. 163, § ?1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 448, §§ ?4-9; 65 Del. Laws, c. 355, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 145, §§ ?2-4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 207, §§ ?24-29; 75 Del. Laws, c. 295, § ?24;