340.232.  Registration and examination fees — return of examination fee — procedure upon failure of examination. — 1.  The application shall be accompanied by registration and examination fees as established by board rule pursuant to section 340.210.  The registration fee shall not be returned if the applicant is admitted to the practice of veterinary medicine but shall be deemed to include payment of the registration fee for the remainder of the licensing period in which the applicant is admitted.

  2.  The examination fee shall be returned to the applicant if the board determines that the applicant is not qualified to sit for the examination.  However, the examination fee shall not be returned if the board denied the application because the applicant provided false information.

  3.  If an applicant fails an examination, the applicant shall:

  (1)  Pay examination fees for each subsequent application;

  (2)  Wait for some period of time as prescribed by board rule from the date of the failed examination to take the next examination; and

  (3)  Prior to the fourth and final attempt at passage, present to the board a plan for passage and evidence of completion of at least thirty hours of board-approved continuing education since last sitting for the examination or in the calendar year preceding the final application.