U of M VMC Faculty Clinician License

*If you would like to be seen in person, please email vet.med@state.mn.us to schedule an appointment with a staff member.

Temporary and Specialty VMC Clinician Licenses CANNOT be applied for online. You MUST use the designated paper form. PLEASE NOTE: APPLYING WITH THE PAPER FORM WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL PROCESSING TIME.

VMC Interns and Residents

The Minnesota Veterinary Practice Act requires that all interns, residents, and faculty practicing in the University’s Veterinary Medical Center are licensed by the Board. All interns and residents must have a standard veterinary license. There are three licensure categories available; however, only those faculty applicants who do not qualify for a standard license should apply for the specialty or temporary license.

Applications will be deemed abandoned if all licensing requirements are not completed within one year after the application has been filed with the board.

Standard Veterinary License

Standard Veterinary License

This is the same license that is issued to other veterinarians who practice in the state of Minnesota. The applicant is a graduate of an AVMA accredited college of veterinary medicine, holds an ECFVG certificate, or can present a passing NAVLE score to the Board. Holders of a standard license are not restricted to practicing within the scope of their employment at the Veterinary Medical Center.

Online application form
Instructions for using online application

Paper Application Form
Application and Criminal Background Check Process Flow Chart
VMC Faculty Licenses
VMC Specialty Faculty

A specialty practitioner in a hard-to-fill faculty position who is specialty board certified by the AVMA or the European Board of Veterinary Specialization but does not qualify for a standard license may apply for a Specialty VMC Clinician license, which will allow the licensee to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Minnesota only in the specialty area and only within the scope of employment at the Veterinary Medical Center.

Application form

Application and Criminal Background Check Process Flow Chart
Temporary License

A graduate of a nonaccredited or approved college of veterinary medicine, who has satisfactorily completed the fourth year of clinical study at an approved or accredited college of veterinary medicine and has successfully passed the national examination in veterinary medicine and the Minnesota Veterinary Jurisprudence Examination, and is enrolled in the ECFVG program, may be granted a temporary license. The holder of a temporary license issued under these provisions must practice under the supervision of a Minnesota licensed veterinarian. The temporary license is valid until the candidate obtains ECFVG certification or for a maximum of two years from the date of issue.

Application form

Application and Criminal Background Check Process Flow Chart
Fees

Fees: Specialty Faculty VMC Clinician License Applicants and Temporary License Applicants MUST pay fees by check or money order to Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine. Online applications are NOT available at this time. All payments must be in U.S. funds and are non-refundable.

- $50 Application Fee (NOTE: This is required and is separate from the NAVLE application fee which is paid to NBVME)
- $50 Jurisprudence Examination Fee
- $32 Criminal Background Check Fee
- $200 Initial 2-year License Fee

TOTAL: $332
VMC Criminal Background Check

After your application is received, the Criminal Background Check department will email you with instructions for completing the Criminal Background Check. After the Board has received your references letters, exam scores, proof of graduation, fee payment, and initial application, we will contact you and make arrangements for you to take the Jurisprudence Exam. This exam will be emailed to you. 90% is the passing score and there is a two-hour time limit for taking the exam. Once you have completed the Jurisprudence Exam and all your documentation is in order, your application will be reviewed.

The Minnesota Health Licensing Boards have cooperatively established the Criminal Background Check Program to help you efficiently complete this mandatory background check. Fingerprints are crosschecked with databases of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

When you apply for licensure, the criminal background check fee ($32) must be bundled into your other licensing fees and paid at the same time. After you have paid all required licensing fees and the criminal background check fee, you will be e-mailed a packet containing additional information and directions from the Criminal Background Check Program. You are responsible for having your fingerprints taken promptly and for completing all required paperwork so as to not delay finalizing your license application. Previously taken fingerprints cannot be used. Some agencies charge a fee for fingerprinting services.

The time required for a CBC varies with the workload at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and cannot be expedited. During periods of high numbers of CBC requests, BCA’s search of records may take weeks.

Please note: The report received from the BCA and FBI is only valid for a year. Applications that are not completed within a year of the CBC will be invalid and no fees refunded.

Please direct any questions you have about the background check process to Criminal Background Check Program staff, and not the Board.

Criminal Background Check Program

335 Randolph Avenue, Suite 180

St. Paul, MN 55102

(651) 201-2822

Email: criminal.background.check@state.mn.us

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