- All Canadian provinces, Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee.
- Contact your state or provincial agency for verification.
- The state or provincial agency needs to email an eligibility letter to [email protected] by the application deadline.
3 Task: Understand graduation or an alternate pathway, if necessary
Graduation from AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA Accredited Program
Most jurisdictions require that VTNE candidates be graduates of a veterinary technology program accredited by the American or Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA). The AAVSB does not endorse or recommend any veterinary technology program or school.
- Submit your official, final transcript to the AAVSB
- We do NOT email candidates an acknowledgement of transcripts if there is no application on file.
- Transcripts are reviewed when your VTNE online application is processed.
- Click to see Transcript Requirements
- Failure to submit your final transcript with graduation date and degree conferred by the posted application and documents deadline will result in forfeiture of your application fee.
- Applications will not be transferred to other exam windows.
Alternate Pathway (including On-the-Job Training or alternate degrees)
Three states allow On-the-Job Training (OJT) or alternate degrees for VTNE eligibility. Confirm you meet the stringent alternate pathway requirements for any of these three states: Alaska, California, or Wisconsin. Contact information can be found by using the Board and Agency Directory.
You also need to confirm that the state where you plan to work will credential veterinary technicians without a degree from an accredited veterinary technology program. There are select times when a governmental regulatory board will make a special exception for the approval of a candidate for eligibility. The AAVSB will defer to their decision.
- Veterinary Technician National Exam Process
- Eligibility Requirements
- More than three times
- Graduation or Alternate Pathway
