Transfer a Veterinary License to Minnesota

Verified July 2026 · 32 official sources

One application, a 90% law quiz, a rulebook changing Aug 1

Minnesota quotes its own all-in price, $482, covering the application, the 50-question open-book jurisprudence exam (90 percent to pass, five attempts), fingerprints, and the two-year license. Processing runs about 30 days. The bigger story: Minnesota's whole practice act flips over on August 1, 2026, simplifying the out-of-state path, killing the temporary permit, and adding a telemedicine framework with a 12-month revisit rule.

First year: about $600 all-inRenewal: $300 / 2 yrsWait: about 30 daysWork while waiting: NoTravel required: None expected (prints, confirming)

What carries over to Minnesota, and what does not

Comes with you

Your unrestricted license in good standing
Your NAVLE/NBE/CCT via AAVSB (no recency limit)
Your degree (or ECFVG/PAVE + translation)

New for this state

MN jurisprudence exam: 50 questions, open book, 90%
Fingerprints (BCA + FBI; fresh prints only)
Good-standing certificates from the last 10 years of jurisdictions

Working in Minnesota without a Minnesota license

To advise another vet Today an out-of-state vet can consult under the direct supervision of the Minnesota licensee (on the premises), with some hands-on room. From August 1, 2026 it narrows to advice-only, with the Minnesota vet keeping the relationship.

For visits or one-time work Nothing: no temporary or courtesy permit (the exam-track one is repealed August 1, 2026), no volunteer exemption, no locum category. The one opening: officially invited emergency response during a governor-declared disaster. Otherwise, the full $482 license.

For remote care Minnesota license required. The new August 2026 framework defines telemedicine as practice within an established vet-client relationship, requires a visit at least every 12 months, and allows teletriage without one. Whether the initial exam can be remote is unsettled; we've flagged it.

Your send-off checklist

YOUApply in the online wizard and pay. Hold a Colorado or Oregon license? Minnesota staff will fetch that verification for you. $75 Apply (portal)

YOUWatch for the fingerprint packet by email (24 to 48 hours) and complete the background check. Fresh prints only; reports expire in a year. $32

STATE BOARDSEvery jurisdiction from the past 10 years emails a verification directly (lookup printouts are rejected). (From Pennsylvania: PALS, $15.) PALS portal

YOUOrder the VAULT score transfer unless your scores were already reported to Minnesota. $105 AAVSB VAULT

YOUTake the 50-question open-book jurisprudence exam online. 90 percent to pass, five attempts, $75 per retake. $75

YOUPay the initial license fee. Keep everything moving: the application dies at one year. $300

Where documents go. Apply online FIRST, then send documents (PDFs to vet.med@state.mn.us or mail). State boards email verifications directly; AAVSB sends scores to the board's portal; the CBC Program handles fingerprints.

The money

Application	$75
Jurisprudence exam	$75
Background check	$32
Initial 2-year license	$300
Score transfer (VAULT, if needed)	$105
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TOTAL First year, typical	~$600
Then: renewal every 2 years	$300

Watch out in Minnesota

The application self-destructs at one year and the background check expires at one year too; slow verification states can force a paid restart.
The 90 percent pass mark is the highest in the country (tied with Washington), though open book with five tries.
Colorado and Oregon licensees get white-glove treatment: Minnesota staff fetch those verifications themselves.
From August 1, 2026 the vet-client relationship requires a visit at least every 12 months, which invalidates stale relationships for telehealth and prescribing.

After you are licensed

Renew $300 every 2 years on the March 1 cycle. CE is 40 credits with at least 30 interactive; RACE counts.
Consulting narrows to advice-only from August 1, 2026.
Inactive status ($150) is designed as a cheap placeholder, and your other state's CE can reactivate it.

Official links for Minnesota

Board. Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine · Portal. vet.hlb.state.mn.us · Phone. (651) 201-2844

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