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emergency temporary permit

Voluntary veterinary care related to a declared emergency; separate from the supervised applicant permit.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Voluntary care during a declared emergency
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Complete permit application, licensure information and verification that the Board’s statutes and rules have been reviewed.
Duration
Expires 90 days after issuance or at the end of the emergency, whichever comes first.
Education
AVMA-accredited veterinary degree or ECFVG/PAVE certificate as required by §32-2216(A).
Emergency
A declared state or local emergency; voluntary veterinary care solely for emergency-related assistance.
Examination
§32-2216(D) expressly excuses the state veterinary examination and provides an exhaustive permit checklist requiring existing licensure rather than a new NAVLE score.
Existing license
Licensed in good standing elsewhere; the Board verifies licensure and standing.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

state employee license

Veterinarian employed by Arizona or a political subdivision; practice only for the employing government.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

State or political subdivision employee licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Employment
Employment as a veterinarian by Arizona or a political subdivision; written application under §32-2213.
Exemption
§32-2217 excludes §32-2215(A)(2), the state and NAVLE requirement.
Fees
Issuance $5 in an even-numbered year or $10 in an odd-numbered year; biennial renewal $10.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Scope
Only Board-authorized practice for the employing government; licensure is revoked when employment terminates.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reapplication after refusal to issue the license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Employment
Employment as a veterinarian by Arizona or a political subdivision; written application under §32-2213.
Exemption
§32-2217 excludes §32-2215(A)(2), the state and NAVLE requirement.
Fees
Issuance $5 in an even-numbered year or $10 in an odd-numbered year; biennial renewal $10.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Prior refusal
At least six months must pass after refusal before the new permit/license application; the new application carries the regular examination and license fees under §32-2236(B). The applicable underlying licensing qualifications govern its examination set.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Scope
Only Board-authorized practice for the employing government; licensure is revoked when employment terminates.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement after Board ordered rehabilitation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
The rehabilitation plan and Board order govern treatment, monitoring and professional restrictions; §32-2209(E) does not name a licensing examination.
Existing license
Known participant whose veterinary license is affected by the Board’s substance-abuse rehabilitation order.
Tenure
Complete the minimum tenure ordered by the Board; the Board may terminate the order and reinstate the license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement after more than 36 months
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Board-approved continuing education under Article 4; ordinarily 20 hours per cycle, 10 hours for an initial license issued in an even-numbered year, with the new-graduate credit and Board waiver provisions applicable.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Employment
Must remain employed by Arizona or the political subdivision.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Apply more than 36 months after expiration; §32-2218(B) returns the applicant to §§32-2213, 32-2214 and 32-2215. The relevant faculty, employee and specialty exceptions remain applicable.
Licensing qualifications
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Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Biennial renewal under §32-2217, with the $10 renewal fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement within 36 months after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Where applicable, the Board may reinstate subject to completion of deficient continuing education within six months.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Employment
Must remain employed by Arizona or the political subdivision.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Forfeited for failure to pay the license fee; apply within 36 months of expiration.
Fees
Written application, $50 penalty, regular fees and all past-due fees.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Practice
No veterinary practice while the license is forfeited.
Renewal
Biennial renewal under §32-2217, with the $10 renewal fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Board-approved continuing education under Article 4; ordinarily 20 hours per cycle, 10 hours for an initial license issued in an even-numbered year, with the new-graduate credit and Board waiver provisions applicable.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Employment
Must remain employed by Arizona or the political subdivision.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Biennial renewal under §32-2217, with the $10 renewal fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Recognition of an existing government employee practice level
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Recognized practice must remain at the existing government-employee level; document Arizona or political-subdivision veterinary employment.

Veterinary Faculty Member License

Practice restricted to official academic responsibilities at the employing Arizona veterinary college.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Initial faculty member licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Written application under §32-2213, faculty appointment evidence, applicable fees and fitness disclosures. Submit the issuance fee within twelve months of application.
Appointment
Documentation from an authorized official of an Arizona veterinary college establishes faculty appointment.
Continuing education
§32-2207(8)(d) requires a provision that licensed veterinary faculty members are not subject to continuing education requirements.
Education
Veterinary-college graduate; §32-2215(A)(1) excepts this faculty applicant from the AVMA-accreditation or foreign-certificate requirement.
Exemption
§32-2214(A) and §32-2215(A)(2) expressly exclude the faculty license from state and NAVLE examination requirements.
Scope
Practice only in official academic responsibilities; the license expires on separation of employment.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reapplication after refusal to issue the license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Written application under §32-2213, faculty appointment evidence, applicable fees and fitness disclosures. Submit the issuance fee within twelve months of application.
Appointment
Documentation from an authorized official of an Arizona veterinary college establishes faculty appointment.
Continuing education
§32-2207(8)(d) requires a provision that licensed veterinary faculty members are not subject to continuing education requirements.
Education
Veterinary-college graduate; §32-2215(A)(1) excepts this faculty applicant from the AVMA-accreditation or foreign-certificate requirement.
Exemption
§32-2214(A) and §32-2215(A)(2) expressly exclude the faculty license from state and NAVLE examination requirements.
Prior refusal
At least six months must pass after refusal before the new permit/license application; the new application carries the regular examination and license fees under §32-2236(B). The applicable underlying licensing qualifications govern its examination set.
Scope
Practice only in official academic responsibilities; the license expires on separation of employment.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Faculty reapplication after failure to pay the issuance fee
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Written application under §32-2213, faculty appointment evidence, applicable fees and fitness disclosures. Submit the issuance fee within twelve months of application.
Appointment
Documentation from an authorized official of an Arizona veterinary college establishes faculty appointment.
Continuing education
§32-2207(8)(d) requires a provision that licensed veterinary faculty members are not subject to continuing education requirements.
Education
Veterinary-college graduate; §32-2215(A)(1) excepts this faculty applicant from the AVMA-accreditation or foreign-certificate requirement.
Exemption
§32-2214(A) and §32-2215(A)(2) expressly exclude the faculty license from state and NAVLE examination requirements.
Forfeiture
Failed to submit issuance fee within twelve months of application; reapply, retaining the explicit faculty exam exemptions.
Scope
Practice only in official academic responsibilities; the license expires on separation of employment.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement after Board ordered rehabilitation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
The rehabilitation plan and Board order govern treatment, monitoring and professional restrictions; §32-2209(E) does not name a licensing examination.
Existing license
Known participant whose veterinary license is affected by the Board’s substance-abuse rehabilitation order.
Tenure
Complete the minimum tenure ordered by the Board; the Board may terminate the order and reinstate the license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement after more than 36 months
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Faculty members are exempt under §32-2207(8)(d).
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Employment
Must remain employed by the veterinary college; separation ends this license.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Apply more than 36 months after expiration; §32-2218(B) returns the applicant to §§32-2213, 32-2214 and 32-2215. The relevant faculty, employee and specialty exceptions remain applicable.
Licensing qualifications
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Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement within 36 months after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Where applicable, the Board may reinstate subject to completion of deficient continuing education within six months.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Employment
Must remain employed by the veterinary college; separation ends this license.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Forfeited for failure to pay the license fee; apply within 36 months of expiration.
Fees
Written application, $50 penalty, regular fees and all past-due fees.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Practice
No veterinary practice while the license is forfeited.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Faculty members are exempt under §32-2207(8)(d).
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Employment
Must remain employed by the veterinary college; separation ends this license.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Recognition of an existing faculty practice level
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Examination
The Board exercises §32-4302(C) in its recognition application. This separate recognition pathway involves the state law examination; ordinary faculty issuance under §§32-2214 and 32-2215 remains exempt.
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Recognized faculty practice remains confined to the corresponding academic practice level; document the Arizona veterinary-college appointment.

Nonresident Veterinary Permit

Extended Arizona practice by a licensee residing within 25 miles of Arizona in a qualifying adjacent jurisdiction.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Permit for practice extending into Arizona
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Board form and irrevocable consent to service of process through the Board for Arizona practice.
Existing license
Veterinary license in the jurisdiction of residence; practice extends into Arizona.
Fees
Issuance $50 in even-numbered years or $100 in odd-numbered years; biennial renewal $100.
Practice
Comply with Arizona veterinary practice and professional-conduct law.
Residence
Residence within 25 miles of Arizona in a statutorily qualifying adjacent jurisdiction.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Biennial renewal of nonresident permit
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Existing permit
Holds the nonresident permit and continues to meet its residence, licensure and practice conditions.
Renewal
December 31 of every even-numbered year; pay the $100 biennial renewal fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

License to Practice Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

Ordinary Arizona veterinarian license; examination, endorsement and recognition pathways.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Licensure by endorsement
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Existing license
Active veterinary license in another United States jurisdiction or Canada; the Board must determine the effect of previous discipline.
Fees
Application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle prior score
§32-2215(C)(1) accepts the previously passed examination identified by §32-2214. The currently offered NAVLE remains a leaf. The Board’s application describes a NAVLE or equivalent taken over five years previously; equivalent or pre-NAVLE evidence is an applicant condition, not a substitute version.
Navle waiver
The Board may waive sitting the NAVLE anew. A person originally licensed before the national examination was required may qualify without having taken it if the other statutory conditions are met.
Practice
Lawfully and actively practiced in the United States or Canada for three of the preceding five years or six of the preceding ten years.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Score carrier conflict
§32-2214(D) requires scores for endorsement or specialty applicants to be transcribed and received. The implementing endorsement packet states: *Endorsement license does not require your national exam score to be transferred to our office.
Licensure by examination
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Regular application $400; issuance $100 in an even-numbered year or $200 in an odd-numbered year; submit the issuance fee within 12 months or reapply under §32-2212(C).
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Military spouse recognition under A.R.S. §32 4302(A)
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Existing license
Otherwise qualifies under §32-4302(A): licensed in the same discipline and practice level for at least one year, with education and any applicable experience verified, required previous examination completed, good standing, and the statutory fitness and fee conditions satisfied.
Lower ranked board instruction
The general Board universal-recognition application says: 7. TAKE AND PASS THE ARIZONA STATE VETERINARY EXAM (75% score minimum) The controlling statutory military-spouse exception governs this route.
Military orders
Married to an active-duty servicemember and accompanying that member’s official permanent change of station to a military installation in Arizona.
Statutory exam exemption
§32-4302(A) directs issuance without examination for this military-spouse applicant; §32-4302(C) expressly preserves that exception.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reapplication after refusal to issue the license
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Regular application $400; issuance $100 in an even-numbered year or $200 in an odd-numbered year; submit the issuance fee within 12 months or reapply under §32-2212(C).
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Prior refusal
At least six months must pass after refusal before the new permit/license application; the new application carries the regular examination and license fees under §32-2236(B). The applicable underlying licensing qualifications govern its examination set.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Reapplication after failure to pay the issuance fee
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Regular application $400; issuance $100 in an even-numbered year or $200 in an odd-numbered year; submit the issuance fee within 12 months or reapply under §32-2212(C).
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Forfeiture
Qualified applicant failed to submit issuance fee within twelve months after the examination; §32-2212(C) requires a new application under §§32-2213 and 32-2214.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Reinstatement after Board ordered rehabilitation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
The rehabilitation plan and Board order govern treatment, monitoring and professional restrictions; §32-2209(E) does not name a licensing examination.
Existing license
Known participant whose veterinary license is affected by the Board’s substance-abuse rehabilitation order.
Tenure
Complete the minimum tenure ordered by the Board; the Board may terminate the order and reinstate the license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Late reinstatement satisfying endorsement qualifications
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Existing license
Active veterinary license in another United States jurisdiction or Canada; the Board must determine the effect of previous discipline.
Expiration
Arizona license expired more than 36 months ago; applicant satisfies the statutory endorsement qualifications on reapplication.
Fees
Application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle prior score
§32-2215(C)(1) accepts the previously passed examination identified by §32-2214. The currently offered NAVLE remains a leaf. The Board’s application describes a NAVLE or equivalent taken over five years previously; equivalent or pre-NAVLE evidence is an applicant condition, not a substitute version.
Navle waiver
The Board may waive sitting the NAVLE anew. A person originally licensed before the national examination was required may qualify without having taken it if the other statutory conditions are met.
Practice
Lawfully and actively practiced in the United States or Canada for three of the preceding five years or six of the preceding ten years.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Score carrier conflict
§32-2214(D) requires scores for endorsement or specialty applicants to be transcribed and received. The implementing endorsement packet states: *Endorsement license does not require your national exam score to be transferred to our office.
Late reinstatement satisfying universal recognition qualifications
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Expiration
Arizona license expired more than 36 months ago; applicant independently satisfies §32-4302, which applies notwithstanding other law.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Arizona recognition permits the same level of veterinary practice held elsewhere; a limited specialty license remains limited.
Reinstatement after more than 36 months
Continuing education
Board-approved continuing education under Article 4; ordinarily 20 hours per cycle, 10 hours for an initial license issued in an even-numbered year, with the new-graduate credit and Board waiver provisions applicable.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Apply more than 36 months after expiration; §32-2218(B) returns the applicant to §§32-2213, 32-2214 and 32-2215. The relevant faculty, employee and specialty exceptions remain applicable.
Licensing qualifications
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Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.
Reinstatement within 36 months after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Where applicable, the Board may reinstate subject to completion of deficient continuing education within six months.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Forfeited for failure to pay the license fee; apply within 36 months of expiration.
Fees
Written application, $50 penalty, regular fees and all past-due fees.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Practice
No veterinary practice while the license is forfeited.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Board-approved continuing education under Article 4; ordinarily 20 hours per cycle, 10 hours for an initial license issued in an even-numbered year, with the new-graduate credit and Board waiver provisions applicable.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Active duty servicemember or spouse relocation under the Board SCRA application
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Documents
Notarized application, recent photograph, military orders, employment evidence, lawful-presence documentation, photo ID when needed and licensure history; the packet’s complete issuance checklist identifies no examination.
Fees
The pinned Board licensing page states that initial licensing fees are waived.
Jurisdiction
Submit to Arizona standards of practice, discipline and continuing-education requirements; validity lasts for the military orders.
Military orders
Moved to Arizona outside the licensing jurisdiction because of military orders; provide a copy of those orders and marriage evidence when applying as a spouse.
Practice
The Board’s currently linked application requests active use of the covered license during the two years immediately before the move.
Standing
Remain in good standing with the issuing authority and every authority granting a similar scope of practice.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

  • military.pdf

    Page 1, complete five criteria and license validity

Licensure by universal recognition
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Arizona recognition permits the same level of veterinary practice held elsewhere; a limited specialty license remains limited.

veterinary premises license

A premises license issued to its responsible veterinarian for a specific fixed location; retained because §32-2272(C) expressly makes the veterinarian its holder.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

New premises licensure following owner or responsible veterinarian change
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit a new application under §§32-2271 and 32-2272 and satisfy its inspection, responsible-veterinarian, location, documentation and fee conditions.
Change
Ownership or responsible veterinarian changed; the former license is cancelled and must be surrendered within twenty days.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Initial veterinary medical premises licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Board application, premises identity, owner, responsible veterinarian’s signature, services description and applicable fee.
Identity
License is valid only for its responsible veterinarian and premises, and cannot be transferred.
Inspection
Pass the premises inspection under §32-2271(C) and R3-11-707; equipment and sanitation must meet the services offered. This is a premises inspection, not an examination of the applicant’s scored answers.
Location
Separate license for each fixed location where veterinary services are regularly offered.
Responsible veterinarian
Arizona-licensed resident veterinarian or holder of the nonresident permit; a veterinarian providing only temporary-site services need not reside in Arizona.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Veterinary premises relicensing after nonpayment
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Fees
Pay the $100 penalty in addition to the renewal fee before relicensing.
Nonpayment
Renewal fee unpaid before February 1 following expiration.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Biennial veterinary premises renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Existing license
Existing license for the same responsible veterinarian and premises.
Renewal
Biennial renewal with the renewal fee; expiration December 31 of every even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Provisional Veterinary License

Discretionary provisional licensure for an otherwise-qualified applicant with a qualifying conviction; not an examination waiver.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Provisional licensure at recognized employee practice level
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Conviction
Otherwise qualifies for recognition at the indicated practice level; a qualifying conviction must meet every §32-4701(K) exclusion and must not constitute disqualifying criminal history under §32-4302(A)(9).
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Retain the underlying employee practice limitations, employment requirements and supervision restrictions where applicable.
Term
Discretionary provisional term of no more than one year under §32-4701(B).
Provisional licensure: employee
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Conviction
Otherwise qualified for the indicated underlying veterinary license; qualifying conviction under §32-4701, subject to every subsection K exclusion. The Board has discretion to issue a regular or provisional license.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Employment
Employment as a veterinarian by Arizona or a political subdivision; written application under §32-2213.
Exemption
§32-2217 excludes §32-2215(A)(2), the state and NAVLE requirement.
Fees
Issuance $5 in an even-numbered year or $10 in an odd-numbered year; biennial renewal $10.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Revocation
A new felony charge, revocation of community supervision/probation/parole or violation of professional law may cause revocation; another provisional or regular license after that revocation is within Board discretion.
Scope
Only Board-authorized practice for the employing government; licensure is revoked when employment terminates.
Supervision
Disclose supervision/probation/parole officer and satisfy applicable residence-entry supervision conditions under §32-4701(E) and (H).
Term
Not more than one year, as specified by the licensing authority under §32-4701(B).
Underlying scope
This provisional form carries the indicated underlying license’s limitations. Provisional status is not an exemption from its otherwise-required examinations.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Provisional licensure at recognized faculty practice level
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Conviction
Otherwise qualifies for recognition at the indicated practice level; a qualifying conviction must meet every §32-4701(K) exclusion and must not constitute disqualifying criminal history under §32-4302(A)(9).
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Retain the underlying faculty practice limitations, employment requirements and supervision restrictions where applicable.
Term
Discretionary provisional term of no more than one year under §32-4701(B).
Provisional licensure: faculty
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Written application under §32-2213, faculty appointment evidence, applicable fees and fitness disclosures. Submit the issuance fee within twelve months of application.
Appointment
Documentation from an authorized official of an Arizona veterinary college establishes faculty appointment.
Continuing education
§32-2207(8)(d) requires a provision that licensed veterinary faculty members are not subject to continuing education requirements.
Conviction
Otherwise qualified for the indicated underlying veterinary license; qualifying conviction under §32-4701, subject to every subsection K exclusion. The Board has discretion to issue a regular or provisional license.
Education
Veterinary-college graduate; §32-2215(A)(1) excepts this faculty applicant from the AVMA-accreditation or foreign-certificate requirement.
Exemption
§32-2214(A) and §32-2215(A)(2) expressly exclude the faculty license from state and NAVLE examination requirements.
Revocation
A new felony charge, revocation of community supervision/probation/parole or violation of professional law may cause revocation; another provisional or regular license after that revocation is within Board discretion.
Scope
Practice only in official academic responsibilities; the license expires on separation of employment.
Supervision
Disclose supervision/probation/parole officer and satisfy applicable residence-entry supervision conditions under §32-4701(E) and (H).
Term
Not more than one year, as specified by the licensing authority under §32-4701(B).
Underlying scope
This provisional form carries the indicated underlying license’s limitations. Provisional status is not an exemption from its otherwise-required examinations.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Provisional licensure: ordinary endorsement
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Conviction
Otherwise qualified for the indicated underlying veterinary license; qualifying conviction under §32-4701, subject to every subsection K exclusion. The Board has discretion to issue a regular or provisional license.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Existing license
Active veterinary license in another United States jurisdiction or Canada; the Board must determine the effect of previous discipline.
Fees
Application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle prior score
§32-2215(C)(1) accepts the previously passed examination identified by §32-2214. The currently offered NAVLE remains a leaf. The Board’s application describes a NAVLE or equivalent taken over five years previously; equivalent or pre-NAVLE evidence is an applicant condition, not a substitute version.
Navle waiver
The Board may waive sitting the NAVLE anew. A person originally licensed before the national examination was required may qualify without having taken it if the other statutory conditions are met.
Practice
Lawfully and actively practiced in the United States or Canada for three of the preceding five years or six of the preceding ten years.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Revocation
A new felony charge, revocation of community supervision/probation/parole or violation of professional law may cause revocation; another provisional or regular license after that revocation is within Board discretion.
Score carrier conflict
§32-2214(D) requires scores for endorsement or specialty applicants to be transcribed and received. The implementing endorsement packet states: *Endorsement license does not require your national exam score to be transferred to our office.
Supervision
Disclose supervision/probation/parole officer and satisfy applicable residence-entry supervision conditions under §32-4701(E) and (H).
Term
Not more than one year, as specified by the licensing authority under §32-4701(B).
Underlying scope
This provisional form carries the indicated underlying license’s limitations. Provisional status is not an exemption from its otherwise-required examinations.
Provisional licensure: ordinary examination
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Conviction
Otherwise qualified for the indicated underlying veterinary license; qualifying conviction under §32-4701, subject to every subsection K exclusion. The Board has discretion to issue a regular or provisional license.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Regular application $400; issuance $100 in an even-numbered year or $200 in an odd-numbered year; submit the issuance fee within 12 months or reapply under §32-2212(C).
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Revocation
A new felony charge, revocation of community supervision/probation/parole or violation of professional law may cause revocation; another provisional or regular license after that revocation is within Board discretion.
Supervision
Disclose supervision/probation/parole officer and satisfy applicable residence-entry supervision conditions under §32-4701(E) and (H).
Term
Not more than one year, as specified by the licensing authority under §32-4701(B).
Underlying scope
This provisional form carries the indicated underlying license’s limitations. Provisional status is not an exemption from its otherwise-required examinations.
Provisional licensure: ordinary recognition
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Conviction
Otherwise qualified for the indicated underlying veterinary license; qualifying conviction under §32-4701, subject to every subsection K exclusion. The Board has discretion to issue a regular or provisional license.
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Revocation
A new felony charge, revocation of community supervision/probation/parole or violation of professional law may cause revocation; another provisional or regular license after that revocation is within Board discretion.
Scope
Arizona recognition permits the same level of veterinary practice held elsewhere; a limited specialty license remains limited.
Supervision
Disclose supervision/probation/parole officer and satisfy applicable residence-entry supervision conditions under §32-4701(E) and (H).
Term
Not more than one year, as specified by the licensing authority under §32-4701(B).
Underlying scope
This provisional form carries the indicated underlying license’s limitations. Provisional status is not an exemption from its otherwise-required examinations.
Provisional licensure: specialty certification
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Certification
Current specialist certification by a national specialty board or college recognized by AVMA. The state source does not identify the specialty board’s specific examination, so certification and any unnamed examination are conditions.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Conviction
Otherwise qualified for the indicated underlying veterinary license; qualifying conviction under §32-4701, subject to every subsection K exclusion. The Board has discretion to issue a regular or provisional license.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Specialty application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle waiver
§32-2215(D) permits a NAVLE waiver; the current Board licensing instructions exercise it: Applicant is a graduate from a college of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA or holds a certificate issued by the ECFVG or PAVE AND holds a current certification as a specialist of a national specialty board or college recognized by the AVMA. Passing the NAVLE is not required. The applicant’s practice will be limited to the scope of the applicant’s board certification. Passing the State Veterinary Exam is required.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Revocation
A new felony charge, revocation of community supervision/probation/parole or violation of professional law may cause revocation; another provisional or regular license after that revocation is within Board discretion.
Scope
Limit practice to the scope of the specialist certification.
Supervision
Disclose supervision/probation/parole officer and satisfy applicable residence-entry supervision conditions under §32-4701(E) and (H).
Term
Not more than one year, as specified by the licensing authority under §32-4701(B).
Underlying scope
This provisional form carries the indicated underlying license’s limitations. Provisional status is not an exemption from its otherwise-required examinations.
Provisional licensure at recognized specialty practice level
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Conviction
Otherwise qualifies for recognition at the indicated practice level; a qualifying conviction must meet every §32-4701(K) exclusion and must not constitute disqualifying criminal history under §32-4302(A)(9).
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Retain the underlying specialty practice limitations, employment requirements and supervision restrictions where applicable.
Term
Discretionary provisional term of no more than one year under §32-4701(B).

specialty license

Veterinary practice limited to the scope of the licensee’s specialty board certification.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Licensure by specialty certification
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Certification
Current specialist certification by a national specialty board or college recognized by AVMA. The state source does not identify the specialty board’s specific examination, so certification and any unnamed examination are conditions.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Specialty application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle waiver
§32-2215(D) permits a NAVLE waiver; the current Board licensing instructions exercise it: Applicant is a graduate from a college of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA or holds a certificate issued by the ECFVG or PAVE AND holds a current certification as a specialist of a national specialty board or college recognized by the AVMA. Passing the NAVLE is not required. The applicant’s practice will be limited to the scope of the applicant’s board certification. Passing the State Veterinary Exam is required.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Scope
Limit practice to the scope of the specialist certification.
Military spouse recognition of an existing specialty license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Existing license
Otherwise qualifies under §32-4302(A): licensed in the same discipline and practice level for at least one year, with education and any applicable experience verified, required previous examination completed, good standing, and the statutory fitness and fee conditions satisfied.
Lower ranked board instruction
The general Board universal-recognition application says: 7. TAKE AND PASS THE ARIZONA STATE VETERINARY EXAM (75% score minimum) The controlling statutory military-spouse exception governs this route.
Military orders
Married to an active-duty servicemember and accompanying that member’s official permanent change of station to a military installation in Arizona.
Scope
Retain the existing specialty license’s practice-level limits.
Statutory exam exemption
§32-4302(A) directs issuance without examination for this military-spouse applicant; §32-4302(C) expressly preserves that exception.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

  • ars-32-4302.html

    A.R.S. §32-4302(A), complete recognition requirements

  • ars-32-4302.html

    A.R.S. §32-4302(C), state law examination and military spouse exception

  • universal.pdf

    Universal recognition application, first page, specialty practice level

Reapplication after refusal to issue the license
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Certification
Current specialist certification by a national specialty board or college recognized by AVMA. The state source does not identify the specialty board’s specific examination, so certification and any unnamed examination are conditions.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Specialty application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle waiver
§32-2215(D) permits a NAVLE waiver; the current Board licensing instructions exercise it: Applicant is a graduate from a college of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA or holds a certificate issued by the ECFVG or PAVE AND holds a current certification as a specialist of a national specialty board or college recognized by the AVMA. Passing the NAVLE is not required. The applicant’s practice will be limited to the scope of the applicant’s board certification. Passing the State Veterinary Exam is required.
Prior refusal
At least six months must pass after refusal before the new permit/license application; the new application carries the regular examination and license fees under §32-2236(B). The applicable underlying licensing qualifications govern its examination set.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Scope
Limit practice to the scope of the specialist certification.
Reinstatement after Board ordered rehabilitation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
The rehabilitation plan and Board order govern treatment, monitoring and professional restrictions; §32-2209(E) does not name a licensing examination.
Existing license
Known participant whose veterinary license is affected by the Board’s substance-abuse rehabilitation order.
Tenure
Complete the minimum tenure ordered by the Board; the Board may terminate the order and reinstate the license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Reinstatement after more than 36 months
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Continuing education
Board-approved continuing education under Article 4; ordinarily 20 hours per cycle, 10 hours for an initial license issued in an even-numbered year, with the new-graduate credit and Board waiver provisions applicable.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Apply more than 36 months after expiration; §32-2218(B) returns the applicant to §§32-2213, 32-2214 and 32-2215. The relevant faculty, employee and specialty exceptions remain applicable.
Licensing qualifications
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Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.
Reinstatement within 36 months after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Where applicable, the Board may reinstate subject to completion of deficient continuing education within six months.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Expiration
Forfeited for failure to pay the license fee; apply within 36 months of expiration.
Fees
Written application, $50 penalty, regular fees and all past-due fees.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Practice
No veterinary practice while the license is forfeited.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Board-approved continuing education under Article 4; ordinarily 20 hours per cycle, 10 hours for an initial license issued in an even-numbered year, with the new-graduate credit and Board waiver provisions applicable.
Controlled substances
A qualifying prescriber with DEA registration must complete three hours of approved opioid, substance-use-disorder or addiction continuing education per renewal cycle under §32-3248.02.
Documents
Renewal form, disciplinary and criminal-history disclosures, continuing-education list and current work authorization when its previously submitted proof was time-limited.
Existing license
Existing Arizona veterinary license in the relevant license class.
Military extension
A qualifying servicemember may obtain the active-duty and post-service extensions in §32-4301; ordinary renewal fees and activities apply during the extension without late costs.
Renewal
Submit renewal application, renewal fee and statutory signed disciplinary-status statement; ordinary biennial expiration is December 31 of an even-numbered year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Recognition of an out of state specialty veterinary license
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
The applicant’s previously held specialty practice limit remains the Arizona license’s limit.

temporary license

Out-of-state licensee’s short-term bridge while a long-term application is processed.

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

30 day bridge for an existing unrestricted licensee
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Notarized attestation and applicable fee under §32-3124; Board instructions also require the long-term application and its fee.
Duration
Earlier of 30 days after issuance or approval/denial of the long-term application; not renewable.
Examinations
This temporary license’s statutory issuance checklist does not require sitting a named examination; exams for the separate long-term license retain their own routes.
Existing license
Active and unrestricted veterinary license elsewhere; no revoked or suspended health-profession license or unresolved complaint.
Frequency
§32-3124(G) permits no more than two temporary licenses in twelve consecutive months. The lower-ranked Board page states: TEMPORARY LICENSE:   Individuals who submit a long-term license application and fee are eligible to apply for a 30-day license for use while the long-term license application is in process. This license is meant to be a bridge between application and licensure for those who need to start working in Arizona right away. You must hold an Active license in another state in good standing in order to be eligible!  If disciplinary action in another state or criminal arrests/charges/convictions are disclosed, the Board will need to review the application before a Temporary License can be issued, so plan accordingly (The Board meets once per month).  The Temporary license cannot be extended, nor can individuals obtain another one in the future. Contact Licensing staff at 602-542-8166 or licensing @vetboard.az.gov to obtain a Temporary License application.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-29.

Temporary Veterinary Permit

Supervised practice pending the next license examination under A.R.S. §32-2216(B).

Licensing authority: Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board · Application information

Supervised permit pending licensure by endorsement
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Board implementation
The current Board describes the separate 30-day temporary license for already licensed applicants and says new graduates are not eligible for that temporary license. This statutory supervised permit under §32-2216(B) is a separate instrument.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Documents
Written permit request, graduation evidence, applicant affidavit, employer supervision letter and affidavit; application/examination and $75 permit fees.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Existing license
Active veterinary license in another United States jurisdiction or Canada; the Board must determine the effect of previous discipline.
Fees
Application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle prior score
§32-2215(C)(1) accepts the previously passed examination identified by §32-2214. The currently offered NAVLE remains a leaf. The Board’s application describes a NAVLE or equivalent taken over five years previously; equivalent or pre-NAVLE evidence is an applicant condition, not a substitute version.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Navle waiver
The Board may waive sitting the NAVLE anew. A person originally licensed before the national examination was required may qualify without having taken it if the other statutory conditions are met.
Practice
Lawfully and actively practiced in the United States or Canada for three of the preceding five years or six of the preceding ten years.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Score carrier conflict
§32-2214(D) requires scores for endorsement or specialty applicants to be transcribed and received. The implementing endorsement packet states: *Endorsement license does not require your national exam score to be transferred to our office.
Supervision
Practice as an employee under direct and personal instruction, control or supervision of the licensed employer; phone contact suffices only in the statutory large-animal temporary-site or out-of-hours emergency circumstances.
Timing
Take and pass the next license examination to continue practice; the permit expires 20 days after that examination and becomes void on employment termination.
Supervised permit pending licensure by examination
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Board implementation
The current Board describes the separate 30-day temporary license for already licensed applicants and says new graduates are not eligible for that temporary license. This statutory supervised permit under §32-2216(B) is a separate instrument.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Documents
Written permit request, graduation evidence, applicant affidavit, employer supervision letter and affidavit; application/examination and $75 permit fees.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Regular application $400; issuance $100 in an even-numbered year or $200 in an odd-numbered year; submit the issuance fee within 12 months or reapply under §32-2212(C).
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Supervision
Practice as an employee under direct and personal instruction, control or supervision of the licensed employer; phone contact suffices only in the statutory large-animal temporary-site or out-of-hours emergency circumstances.
Timing
Take and pass the next license examination to continue practice; the permit expires 20 days after that examination and becomes void on employment termination.
One supervised permit extension: endorsement
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Existing license
Active veterinary license in another United States jurisdiction or Canada; the Board must determine the effect of previous discipline.
Existing permit
Currently holds the supervised permit while pursuing the indicated licensing pathway.
Extension
Prove good and sufficient reason for missing the scheduled state examination and scheduling for the next state examination; a second extension is not allowed.
Fees
Application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle prior score
§32-2215(C)(1) accepts the previously passed examination identified by §32-2214. The currently offered NAVLE remains a leaf. The Board’s application describes a NAVLE or equivalent taken over five years previously; equivalent or pre-NAVLE evidence is an applicant condition, not a substitute version.
Navle waiver
The Board may waive sitting the NAVLE anew. A person originally licensed before the national examination was required may qualify without having taken it if the other statutory conditions are met.
Practice
Maintain the employer’s direct and personal supervision; employment termination voids the permit.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Score carrier conflict
§32-2214(D) requires scores for endorsement or specialty applicants to be transcribed and received. The implementing endorsement packet states: *Endorsement license does not require your national exam score to be transferred to our office.
One supervised permit extension: faculty
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Application
Written application under §32-2213, faculty appointment evidence, applicable fees and fitness disclosures. Submit the issuance fee within twelve months of application.
Appointment
Documentation from an authorized official of an Arizona veterinary college establishes faculty appointment.
Continuing education
§32-2207(8)(d) requires a provision that licensed veterinary faculty members are not subject to continuing education requirements.
Education
Veterinary-college graduate; §32-2215(A)(1) excepts this faculty applicant from the AVMA-accreditation or foreign-certificate requirement.
Exemption
§32-2214(A) and §32-2215(A)(2) expressly exclude the faculty license from state and NAVLE examination requirements.
Existing permit
Currently holds the supervised permit while pursuing the indicated licensing pathway.
Extension
Prove good and sufficient reason for missing the scheduled state examination and scheduling for the next state examination; a second extension is not allowed.
Practice
Maintain the employer’s direct and personal supervision; employment termination voids the permit.
Scope
Practice only in official academic responsibilities; the license expires on separation of employment.
One supervised permit extension: recognition
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Existing permit
Currently holds the supervised permit while pursuing the indicated licensing pathway.
Extension
Prove good and sufficient reason for missing the scheduled state examination and scheduling for the next state examination; a second extension is not allowed.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Practice
Maintain the employer’s direct and personal supervision; employment termination voids the permit.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Arizona recognition permits the same level of veterinary practice held elsewhere; a limited specialty license remains limited.
One extension for good and sufficient reason
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Board implementation
The current Board describes the separate 30-day temporary license for already licensed applicants and says new graduates are not eligible for that temporary license. This statutory supervised permit under §32-2216(B) is a separate instrument.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Documents
Written permit request, graduation evidence, applicant affidavit, employer supervision letter and affidavit; application/examination and $75 permit fees.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Exam waiver
The ongoing licensing pathway’s endorsement or specialty waiver may excuse a new NAVLE sitting; the registered examination involved in the ordinary applicant pathway remains referenced.
Extension
Already holds the supervised permit; prove illness, disability, military service or another circumstance beyond the permittee’s control that prevented sitting the scheduled state examination, and prove scheduling for the next examination. Only one extension is allowed.
Fees
Regular application $400; issuance $100 in an even-numbered year or $200 in an odd-numbered year; submit the issuance fee within 12 months or reapply under §32-2212(C).
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Supervision
Practice as an employee under direct and personal instruction, control or supervision of the licensed employer; phone contact suffices only in the statutory large-animal temporary-site or out-of-hours emergency circumstances.
Timing
Take and pass the next license examination to continue practice; the permit expires 20 days after that examination and becomes void on employment termination.
One supervised permit extension: specialty
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Certification
Current specialist certification by a national specialty board or college recognized by AVMA. The state source does not identify the specialty board’s specific examination, so certification and any unnamed examination are conditions.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Existing permit
Currently holds the supervised permit while pursuing the indicated licensing pathway.
Extension
Prove good and sufficient reason for missing the scheduled state examination and scheduling for the next state examination; a second extension is not allowed.
Fees
Specialty application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Navle waiver
§32-2215(D) permits a NAVLE waiver; the current Board licensing instructions exercise it: Applicant is a graduate from a college of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA or holds a certificate issued by the ECFVG or PAVE AND holds a current certification as a specialist of a national specialty board or college recognized by the AVMA. Passing the NAVLE is not required. The applicant’s practice will be limited to the scope of the applicant’s board certification. Passing the State Veterinary Exam is required.
Practice
Maintain the employer’s direct and personal supervision; employment termination voids the permit.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Scope
Limit practice to the scope of the specialist certification.
Supervised permit pending faculty member licensure
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Duration
The statutory temporary permit expires twenty days after the next examination and on employment termination; only one extension is permitted.
Education
A veterinary-college graduate applying as a faculty member is excepted from the temporary permit’s accreditation or foreign-certificate prerequisite by §32-2216(A).
Examination
R3-11-301(A)(3) requires temporary permit applicants to schedule the state examination; it names no faculty exception. The eventual faculty license is excluded from NAVLE and state examination requirements under §§32-2214(A) and 32-2215(A)(2). These are different credential requirements.
Supervision
Meet the supervised-employment, applicant and employer affidavit requirements for the temporary permit.
Supervised permit pending universal recognition licensure
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Duration
Expires twenty days after the next examination, subject to the statutory single-extension provision.
Existing license
Current veterinary licensure for at least one year at the same discipline and practice level; good standing in every relevant jurisdiction.
Fees
Application $400; issuance $100 in even-numbered years or $200 in odd-numbered years.
Fitness
No unresolved complaint or investigation, uncorrected discipline, disqualifying criminal history, revoked license or investigative surrender; the statute provides suspension of processing for unresolved matters.
Qualifications
The issuing jurisdiction verifies education and, when applicable, experience and clinical supervision. Previously passing its required examinations is a condition; that source does not identify a particular nationwide registered examination.
Residency
Provide one accepted proof of Arizona residency.
Scope
Arizona recognition permits the same level of veterinary practice held elsewhere; a limited specialty license remains limited.
Supervision
Meet the supervised-employment and documentary requirements in §32-2216(B) and R3-11-301.
Supervised permit pending specialty licensure
Arizona State Veterinary Exam
Application
Submit the notarized application, education documentation, current resume or experience letter, recent photograph, citizenship or lawful-presence documentation, photo identification when required, applicable fees, and direct licensure verification for jurisdictions in which previously licensed.
Board implementation
The current Board describes the separate 30-day temporary license for already licensed applicants and says new graduates are not eligible for that temporary license. This statutory supervised permit under §32-2216(B) is a separate instrument.
Certification
Current specialist certification by a national specialty board or college recognized by AVMA. The state source does not identify the specialty board’s specific examination, so certification and any unnamed examination are conditions.
Character references
Current Board instructions state that moral-character reference forms were removed effective September 24, 2022. The older rule compilation retains its contrary reference-letter wording; this applicant-document condition does not alter the examination set.
Documents
Written permit request, graduation evidence, applicant affidavit, employer supervision letter and affidavit; application/examination and $75 permit fees.
Education
Graduate of an AVMA-accredited veterinary college, or hold ECFVG, PAVE or another Board-approved foreign-graduate certificate under §32-2215(A)(1). Certificate programs are qualifications; the state sources do not identify BCSE, CPE or QSE as separate route examination requirements.
Fees
Specialty application and issuance fee $750.
Fitness
Disclose criminal and disciplinary history; Board review may occur before issuance. An initial fee waiver may be requested when household income is no more than 200% of the applicable federal poverty guidelines.
Graduating students
A dean’s letter may establish expected graduation; final transcript or acceptable interim proof of graduation is required for issuance. The current new-graduate guide requests the final transcript within 60 days after graduation.
Navle score
Passing NAVLE score of at least 425 (75%) within the preceding five years; request the AAVSB score transfer unless Arizona already received the score. The prior passing examination remains a requirement leaf even when taken before application.
Navle waiver
§32-2215(D) permits a NAVLE waiver; the current Board licensing instructions exercise it: Applicant is a graduate from a college of veterinary medicine accredited by the AVMA or holds a certificate issued by the ECFVG or PAVE AND holds a current certification as a specialist of a national specialty board or college recognized by the AVMA. Passing the NAVLE is not required. The applicant’s practice will be limited to the scope of the applicant’s board certification. Passing the State Veterinary Exam is required.
Recommendation
A professional-qualifications recommendation is requested for previously licensed applicants; new graduates and applicants who have never held a veterinary license are excepted in the current application packet.
Scope
Limit practice to the scope of the specialist certification.
Supervision
Practice as an employee under direct and personal instruction, control or supervision of the licensed employer; phone contact suffices only in the statutory large-animal temporary-site or out-of-hours emergency circumstances.
Timing
Take and pass the next license examination to continue practice; the permit expires 20 days after that examination and becomes void on employment termination.

Arizona State Veterinary Exam

Provider
Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Format
Open-book examination, emailed as a PDF; 50 true/false questions
Exam questions
50 true/false questions
Time limit
Two weeks to complete and return the examination
Passing score
At least 75% on the state examination, graded separately from the NAVLE
Examination outline
  • A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 21 — Veterinarians
  • A.A.C. Title 3, Chapter 11 — Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Examination sources

North American Veterinary Licensing Examination

Provider
International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA); delivered at Prometric testing centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination; each question presents a clinical scenario or vignette followed by a question requiring one answer from a list of response options; about 15-20% include graphics such as photos or radiographs. Beginning with the October-November 2026 NAVLE the test is divided into twelve blocks of 30 questions each.
Exam questions
360 multiple-choice questions
Time limit
Around seven and a half (7.5) hours
Passing score
Score report gives a pass or fail designation and a three-digit scaled score
Exam fee
$825 (USD) standard NAVLE fee; $1,220 (USD) international NAVLE fee (standard fee + international fee of $395)
Examination outline
  • Clinical Practice (competency domain; target blueprint 70%) (70%)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Create or update medical records
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Develop a differential diagnosis
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Formulate a diagnostic plan
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Formulate possible differential diagnoses
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret cytologic specimens
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret diagnostic images (e.g., ECG, endoscopy, ultrasound, x-ray)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret findings from laboratory tests (e.g., urine, blood, tissue)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret findings from physical examination
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret findings from postmortem specimen
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret principles of pathophysiology and mechanism of action
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Interpret results of system-specific examination (e.g., ophthalmic, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, dental)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Investigate possible exposure of companion animal to toxin
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Investigate possible exposure of food or game animal to toxin
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Observe or interpret an animal’s mental status and other aspects of behavior
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Obtain animal health history from client
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Obtain diagnostic images (e.g., ultrasound, x-ray)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory studies (e.g., urine, blood, tissue)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Perform general physical examination
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Perform postmortem examination to determine cause of death
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Perform standard diagnostic tests on samples (e.g., urine, blood, tissue)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Perform system-specific examination (e.g., ophthalmic, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, dental)
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Prioritize need for diagnostic procedures considering available resources
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Read and interpret production records or farm-based computer reports to understand herd-level health parameters
    • Data Gathering and Interpretation (target blueprint 35%) — Review animal medical records to determine health status
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Administer a biological or pharmacological agent other than anesthesia, including blood, vaccinations, drugs, and medications
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Administer general anesthesia
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Administer local anesthesia
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Apply a splint, cast or other stabilization device
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Care for wounds or surgical incisions (e.g., suture, dress)
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Determine prognosis
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Establish a rehabilitation plan
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Establish a treatment plan
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Evaluate a treatment outcome
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Formulate or evaluate a behavior modification plan
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Formulate patient/herd/population management and treatment plans (e.g., stall rest, medication, raising curtains in a pig barn, testing feed)
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Perform common therapeutic/surgical procedures (e.g., tissue biopsy, wound drainage)
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Perform major surgical procedures (e.g., abdominal, orthopedic)
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Prescribe a biological or pharmacological agent
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Refer clients to veterinary specialists for further diagnostic studies or treatment
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Synthesize multiple sources of diagnostic information, including local disease prevalence, to determine diagnosis
    • Health Maintenance and Problem Management (listed in the target blueprint as 'Health Maintenance and Prevention', 35%) — Treat minor injuries or trauma (e.g., abrasions, lacerations, eye wounds)
  • Preventive Medicine and Animal Welfare (competency domain; target blueprint 15%) (15%)
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Certify that animals or animal products meet certain standards (e.g., living conditions, sanitation, health or disease status)
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Conduct or oversee an animal welfare audit
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Conduct periodic/annual examinations on client animals and discuss vaccination, deworming, diet, exercise, and other wellness considerations
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Explain to client the components of an animal welfare audit
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Identify and take action on animal welfare problems
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Verify that diseased or infected animals have been managed according to professional or governmental guidelines
    • Animal Welfare Issues and Concerns (target blueprint 6%) — Work with community groups or regulatory bodies to address the ethical treatment, health, and welfare of animals
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Apply isolation or quarantine and/or disinfection measures to own work environment as a means of disease prevention/control
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Ensure proper disposal of biomedical waste
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Evaluate animal environments to identify possible epidemiological problems and public health concerns
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Inform client or community about effective methods for managing animal or human waste
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Inspect practice environment (e.g., clinic, vehicle) to ensure that it is safe and accessible
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Instruct client about methods to humanely terminate diseased animals and dispose of infected carcasses
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Instruct staff, colleagues, or others about proper technique for disposal of biomedical waste
    • Environmental Health and Safety (target blueprint 5%) — Monitor workplace to verify that it complies with hazardous materials requirements
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Apply isolation or quarantine procedures as a means of disease prevention and control
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Collaborate or consult with clients, health professionals, government agencies, or community groups on public health issues such as food safety and zoonotic disease
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Conduct a community education workshop on some topic related to animal or human health
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Consult with community stakeholders about animal population control
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Discuss animal care options with an immunocompromised owner
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Formulate a patient/herd management and/or treatment plan for public health and/or zoonotic disease cases or concerns
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Inform clients or community about prevention and treatment of zoonotic organism exposure
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Inspect food to ensure consumer safety
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Investigate a disease outbreak
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Participate in disease control or eradication program
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Participate in epidemiologic inquiry of a reportable disease by collecting, handling, or transporting specimens/samples
    • Veterinary Public Health (target blueprint 4%) — Report a transboundary or zoonotic disease to state, regional, or national agency
    • Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics (no separate subdomain percentage is published in the target blueprint) — Apply the fundamentals of epidemiology and/or biostatistics
    • Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics (no separate subdomain percentage is published in the target blueprint) — Interpret biostatistical or epidemiologic principles or problems
    • Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics (no separate subdomain percentage is published in the target blueprint) — Investigate epidemiologic problems
  • Communications (competency domain; the target blueprint lists 'Communication' at 8%) (8%)
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Build relationships with junior colleagues or new graduates
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Consult with other veterinarians or veterinary specialists regarding animal care
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Delegate delivery of veterinary care and services to associates or staff
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Deliver verbal case summaries to other veterinarians or members of the health care team
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Describe disaster preparedness plan to coworkers
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Engage regulatory bodies to improve standards of practice or to address other professional issues
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Explain results of research to non-veterinary health workers (e.g., staff, other agencies)
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Guide the work of associates or other staff in the delivery of veterinary services
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Mentor and supervise veterinary and veterinary technician students
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Respond to unprofessional or unethical behavior in others
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Train staff in animal health and care
    • Communications with Veterinary and Other Professionals (target blueprint 'Communication with Veterinary and other Professionals' 3%) — Write a case summary for use by other veterinarians or members of the health care team
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Advise client on health maintenance for herd, flock or individual pet (e.g., husbandry, production management, public health, wellness exams)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Advise client regarding appropriate and inappropriate pharmacy compounding
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Discuss euthanasia with client
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Discuss strategies with producer or client to reduce antibiotic resistance and/or antibiotic residues
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Discuss the limits of legal extra-label drug use with client
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Ensure that client understands the effects of prescribed pharmaceuticals, including chemotherapeutics (e.g., withdrawal time, side effects)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Explain diagnosis and prognosis to clients using lay terminology
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Explain research results to client, describing its implications for animal care
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Help clients differentiate trustworthy from unreliable information (e.g., from Internet or advertisements) to support the care of their animals
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Inform client of bad news (e.g., animal terminal illness, show animal that can’t be bred)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Instruct clients on how to obtain diagnostic information from an animal’s home environment (e.g., sleeping respiratory rate, stool or urine samples)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Instruct clients on methods for isolating and quarantining diseased animals
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Negotiate payment plan with a client
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Obtain informed consent from client
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Provide instruction regarding food safety practices
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Provide verbal instructions to client regarding follow-up care (e.g., medications, wound care, environmental enrichment)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Recommend management options to clients that are consistent with their cultural norms and personal values
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Refer client for grief counseling
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Talk with client to clarify concerns and expectations regarding type and level of care
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Teach client about preventive care (e.g., nutrition, behavior, dental, vaccines, parasites)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Use appropriate communication techniques (e.g., open-ended inquiry, empathy)
    • Communications with Clients (target blueprint 'Communication with Clients' 5%) — Write a summary of animal care instructions for a client
  • Professionalism, Practice Management, and Wellness (competency domain; target blueprint 'Professionalism, Practice Management and Wellness' 7%) (7%)
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Apply appropriate animal restraint
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Describe workings of benefit plan (e.g., retirement, health insurance) to staff
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Develop a budget for own practice or employer
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Develop standard operating procedures (e.g., procedures manual for practice or work environment)
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Evaluate and purchase major medical equipment
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Evaluate and purchase office/practice management software
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Evaluate new medications, products, or treatment procedures to determine suitability for own practice
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Negotiate work or practice arrangements (e.g., compensation, work schedule) with colleagues
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Prepare or update employee handbook
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Purchase expendable supplies (e.g., pharmaceuticals, dressing)
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Review practice management data, including business and financial records
    • Veterinary Practice Management (target blueprint 4%) — Supervise paraprofessional or technical support staff
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Attend a professional development seminar or workshop
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Attend training on emerging technologies in veterinary medicine
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Conduct oneself in a professional, ethical, and legal manner
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Consult reference materials (e.g., journals, online databases, other) to help formulate diagnosis or treatment options
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Encourage veterinarian and support staff wellness
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Exchange new scientific or technical information with other health professionals
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Give a talk at a professional meeting
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Participate in activities of local, national, or international professional association (e.g., state veterinarian association)
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Participate in online professional development activity
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Participate in or conduct an investigation to test a new procedure (e.g., diagnostic, nutritional, medication, surgical)
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Participate in professional development activities (e.g., continuing education, board certification)
    • Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (target blueprint 'Professional Development and Life-Long Learning' 3%) — Read a journal article for professional development
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