Section 6711. Requirements for a professional license as an veterinary technician

To qualify for licensure as  an  veterinary  technician,  an  applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
    1. Application: file an application with the department;
    2.  Education: have successfully completed a four-year course of study
  in  a  secondary  school  approved  by  the  board  of  regents  or  its
  equivalent;
    3.  Have  completed  a  college-level  course  of study in, and hold a
  diploma from a school of veterinary science technology for the  training
  of  animal health technicians, giving a course of not less than eighteen
  months, registered by the department  as  maintaining  at  the  time,  a
  satisfactory  standard, or has completed a college-level course of study
  determined by the department to be the equivalent thereof;
    4. Any person who submits  an  application  prior  to  January  first,
  nineteen  hundred eighty-three and who submits evidence of employment by
  a veterinarian or a veterinary  facility  prior  to  that  date  may  be
  licensed on the basis of this experience if acceptable in the discretion
  of  the board in accordance with the commissioner's regulations and upon
  the successful completion of the licensing examination required by  this
  section;
    5.  Examination:  pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or an
  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in  the  United  States;
  provided,  however  that  the  board  of  regents  may  grant a one-time
  three-year waiver for an animal health technician  who  otherwise  meets
  the  requirements of this article and provided further that the board of
  regents may grant an extension of such three-year  waiver  of  not  more
  than one year;
    7.  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by the
  department; and
    8. Fees: pay a fee to the department for admission to the  examination
  and for initial licensure of eighty-five dollars, for each reexamination
  forty-five  dollars,  and  a  fee  of  eighty dollars for each triennial
  registration period.