Maryland veterinary license requirements

When asked if you are managing a current license, answer YES! Failure to adhere to state regulations can result in disciplinary action. Note: You can begin your application and come back to finish it at a later date.

You will not be charged an application fee until you are ready to submit it. Veterinarians applying for, or renewing, an individual CDS prescribing permit must register with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Veterinarians are currently exempt from reporting to the PDMP, but you must register. You will not be able to obtain a CDS permit without registering. Continuing Education Requirements.

The CEs must be approved by the State Board. For more info. Get help from the Maryland Healthcare Professionals Program. If you self-refer, the program will not contact the Board. Don't wait. Get help today. We need you! Inspection Results: If there are no issues identified during an inspection, a hospital license will be issued to the hospital owner. If the inspector has concerns, the inspector will discuss correcting deficiencies with the hospital owner.

If the deficiencies are significant, the inspector will perform a re-inspection prior to the business opening. A business may not open until it passes inspection. If your facility needs to be inspected before it can open, be sure to apply at least one month in advance. Inspectors set their schedules several weeks out. In Maryland, a veterinary hospital owner need not be a veterinarian; however, the hospital must be under the direct supervision and control of a licensed and registered veterinarian who is an employee of the hospital.

That is the Responsible Veterinarian. Read Board Announcements Here. About Continuing Education. Due to the on-going pandemic and the uncertainty of what kinds of in-person CEs may be available, all Continuing Education Requirements may be done online for FY June 30, renewals. The Board licenses and registers veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians, veterinary hospitals, and animal control facilities and enforces the Veterinary Practice Act and related Code of Maryland regulations.

The Board also inspects veterinary hospitals and animal control shelters, provides disciplinary information to other state veterinary boards and the public, and submits licensure verification to other state veterinary boards upon request. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. Please enable scripts and reload this page.

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Request for Continuing Education. Note: Due to the on-going pandemic and the uncertainty of what kinds of in-person CEs may be available, all Continuing Education Requirements may be done online for FY June 30, renewals. Not all CEs require Board approval! Please do not submit requests for those CEs.