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HB91 • 2025

Professions and businesses; licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; provide

Professions and businesses; licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; provide

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Cooper, Sharon
Last action
2025-03-04
Official status
Senate Read and Referred
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill status shows it passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date is listed yet.

Licensing for Foreign Veterinary Graduates with Specialty Certification

This bill creates a new way to license veterinarians who graduated from schools outside the U.S. if they are board certified in a specialty.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty.
  • Provides an exemption related to this new licensing path.
  • Repeals laws that conflict with these changes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Veterinarians who graduated from colleges or schools outside the United States and hold specialty certification.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official summary does not list the specific steps applicants must take beyond having a specialty certification.
  • It is unclear which foreign schools are eligible without more details in the full law text.
  • The exact nature of the exemption provided is mentioned but not fully described.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-04 Georgia General Assembly

    Senate Read and Referred

Official Summary Text

Professions and businesses; licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; provide