Board of Veterinary Medicine

Welcome to the website of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, an agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. We appreciate your visit to our homepage, and we look forward to assisting you.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Staff of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation is temporarily displaced while the building located at 76 Northern Avenue in Gardiner, Maine is closed for remediation work. During this temporary displacement, only limited staff will be located at 221 State Street in Augusta, Maine so the best way to contact us to resolve your issue, answer your questions, and continue to deliver high-quality services to consumers and our licensees is by email or by phone or through our other online services.

Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you.

You may follow this link to the Secretary of State's office to view a list of board members. Members of the public should not contact board members with questions or comments. All questions, comments or any other board-related matters must be directed to the Board’s administrator. (Geraldine.L. Betts@maine.gov 207-624-8625)

Purpose

The State Board of Veterinary Medicine was established to protect the public interest through the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine in order to maintain high professional standards.

The primary responsibilities of the Board are to evaluate applicant qualifications, to administer examinations of applicants, to grant licenses to those who meet board requirements, investigate complaints, and take appropriate disciplinary action.

GUIDANCE PAPER VETERINARY-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS (VCPR), Released August 11, 2020 (PDF)

GUIDANCE PAPER LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER AND VACCINE CLINIC OFFERINGS, Released August 11, 2020 (PDF)

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO THE ABOVE GUIDANCE PAPERS FROM RACHEL FISKE, DVM, ASSISTANT STATE VETERINARIAN, Released August 21, 2020 (PDF)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION & FORESTRY DIVISION OF ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH, INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR AGRICULTURE/ANIMAL CARE OPERATIONS, Updated May 6, 2020 (PDF)

Notice Regarding License Verification Requests (PDF)

Effective March 1, 2019, the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR) will no longer issue paper license verifications. License verifications are available, free of charge, on OPOR’s official database, https://www.pfr.maine.gov/ALMSOnline/ALMSQuery/Welcome.aspx?board=4120. This database is updated in real time as changes occur. The Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation considers this information to be a secure, primary source for license verification.

Future correspondence from the Board of Veterinary Medicine will be sent to you by email, so please be sure to keep your contact information current. Follow this link to verify your contact information.

Notice to Veterinarians Regarding Prescriber information: "OPT OUT"

10 Day Notification