North Dakota Code 43-29-03 – Officers of board – Seal – Meetings – Limitations on meetings – Examinations – Rules – Code of ethics – Inspection of facilities – Educational requirements – Reciprocity
1. The board shall elect a president and a secretary. The board shall have a seal, and the president and the secretary may administer oaths. The board shall hold meetings semiannually in the spring and fall of each year for the examination of candidates at a time and place specified by the board. The board may hold any other meeting it determines necessary at the time and place it designates. No session of the board may exceed two days. A quorum of the board consists of two members and such quorum is sufficient to conduct the business and proceedings of the board, except that any changes in the rules must be taken at a meeting at which all the members are present.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 43-29-03
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. See North Dakota Code 1-01-38
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
2. The board may adopt and enforce reasonable rules, and orders that it determines to be necessary to the performance of its duties and the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine; establish standards for professional conduct, inspection of facilities, and educational requirements for renewal and granting of licenses; prescribe forms for application for examination; prepare and supervise examination of applicants for license to practice veterinary medicine; obtain the services of professional examination agencies in lieu of its own preparation of such examinations; and issue and revoke licenses as provided in this chapter. All rules must be submitted to the attorney general in accordance with chapter 28-32.
3. The board may, in its discretion, enter reciprocal agreements with the examining boards of other states and nations, governing the granting of licenses to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in this state without the applicant taking a written examination. Under no circumstances, however, may any reciprocal agreement be entered with the board of another state or nation unless the requirements for the granting of licenses in the other state or nation are on an equal or higher standard to the requirements of this state. The board may prescribe by rule any other terms or conditions to be contained in the agreements. The board shall determine the fee for license by reciprocity agreement.