Applications and qualifications for registration of animal health assistants

(1) Any person who possesses the necessary qualifications and who is desirous of being registered as an animal health assistant for the purpose of practicing as such in Belize, shall submit an application to the Board in the prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fee. (2) No person shall be registered as an animal health assistant unless he, (a) holds a certificate of proficiency from an approved training institution; 27 (b) holds a certificate of proficiency in respect of a programme of training approved by the Board; or the Council for Human and Social Development; or (c) passes the examination referred to in subsection 3 (b) of this section. (3) Where the Board is in doubt as to the standard of qualification or skill of an applicant for registration, it shall refer the application, together with all relevant documentary evidence of the training of the applicant, to the Board of Examiners referred to in section 16 of this Act, for determination. (4) On examining the application, the Board of Examiners may, (a) recommend that the applicant be registered; (b) conduct an examination in respect of the applicant; or (c) recommend that the application be refused. (5) A prescribed fee shall be paid by the applicant to the Registrar in respect of an examination conducted pursuant to subsection 3 (b) of this section. (6) Any person who applies for registration in accordance with this section and who, (a) furnishes such satisfactory references as to character as the Board may require; and (b) pays the prescribed registration fee, 28 may be registered as an animal health assistant and shall, while he is so registered, be entitled to use the title “registered animal