1442                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [Ch. 6

SEC. 2-309. TEMPORARY PERMIT.

(A) APPLICANT TO ASSOCIATE WITH A LICENSED
VETERINARIAN.

ANY VETERINARIAN APPLYING FOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT
SHALL ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH A LICENSED AND REGISTERED
VETERINARIAN IN THE STATE, AND HIS WORK SHALL BE
LIMITED TO THE PRACTICE OF THE VETERINARY
PRACTITIONER.

(B) CONTENTS OF PERMIT.

THE PERMIT SHALL BEAR THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
VETERINARY PRACTITIONER.

(C)   FEE.

THE PERMIT FEE IS $50. THIS SUM SHALL BE APPLIED
TOWARD THE EXAMINATION FEE, BUT SHALL BE FORFEITED IF
THE APPLICANT FAILS TO PRESENT HIMSELF AT THE NEXT
SCHEDULED EXAMINATION WITHOUT BEING EXCUSED.

(D)   APPLICANT SHALL TAKE EXAMINATION.

THE APPLICANT SHALL PRESENT HIMSELF FOR
EXAMINATION AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED EXAMINATION OF THE
BOARD UNLESS HE SUBMITS A WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR A
WAIVER DETAILING THE REASONS FOR HIS NON-APPEARANCE
AND THE BOARD WAIVES HIS APPEARANCE ON THE BASIS OF
EXTREME HARDSHIP.

(E)   DURATION OF PERMIT.

THE PERMIT SHALL EXPIRE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST EXAMINATION
GIVEN AFTER THE TEMPORARY PERMIT IS ISSUED. THE
TEMPORARY PERMIT OF AN APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED
A WAIVER SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
RESULTS OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING EXAMINATION.

(F)   EXCEPTIONS.

ONLY ONE TEMPORARY PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO ANY
APPLICANT. NO TEMPORARY PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO ANY
APPLICANT IF HI PREVIOUSLY HAS FAILED THE EXAMINATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 13, §152B, as amended by Ch. 817, Acts
of 1973. The present references to
"licensed veterinarian" is proposed for