Sec 32-2217.01. Issuance of permit to nonresident

A. The board may issue to a person residing within twenty-five miles of Arizona in the state of California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico or Utah, who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state of residence and whose practice extends into this state, a permit in the form prescribed by the board authorizing such extended practice in this state.

B. Application for a permit shall be made upon a form provided by the board. The application shall contain an irrevocable consent that actions arising out of or involving the permittee's practice of veterinary medicine in this state may be commenced within this state by service of pleadings or process upon the board, which shall forward to the permittee by certified mail a duplicate copy of the pleading or process.

C. The permittee shall be subject to the rules of the board and the provisions of this chapter relating to the practice of veterinary medicine and relating to unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.

D. A permit issued under the provisions of this section expires on December 31 of every even numbered year unless suspended or revoked. The fee for issuance of the permit is fifty dollars in even numbered years and one hundred dollars in odd numbered years. The biennial renewal fee is one hundred dollars.