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Connecticut vet board weighs Latinx association's call for audit of licensing exam, defers to AVMA

Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine · January 29, 2026
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Summary

The Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine reviewed a letter from the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association asking for an audit and public statement about the national licensing exam; department staff said the board lacks authority to issue a public statement and the board agreed to ask the AVMA for its position and defer action.

Mary Anne O'Neil, chair of the Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine, presented a letter from the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association asking the board to support an audit of the national veterinary licensing exam and to issue a public statement endorsing that review.

Kevin Hanstead advised the board that it lacked statutory authority to issue a public statement directly…

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