California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 11 — Veterinary MedicineArticle 2.5 — Registered Veterinary TechniciansSection 4841.4

(a) The board, by means of examination, shall determine the professional qualifications of all applicants who wish to register as veterinary technicians in California. A registration shall not be issued to anyone who has not demonstrated their competency by examination.

(b) The examination for veterinary technicians shall consist of a national licensing examination.

(c) For examination purposes, the board may make contractual arrangements on a sole source basis with organizations furnishing examination material as it may deem desirable and shall be exempt from Section 10115 of the Public Contract Code.

Notes

Requires the board to determine every veterinary-technician registration applicant's professional qualifications by examination and bars registration without demonstrated examination competency. The examination must be a national licensing examination; for examination purposes, the board may contract on a sole-source basis with examination-material organizations and is exempt from the referenced Public Contract Code provision.

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