North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE)
General Information about the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE)
The National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME) provides standardized examinations for use by licensing boards as part of their veterinarian licensure process. Passing the NAVLE is a requirement for licensure to practice veterinary medicine in all licensing jurisdictions in North America. (The NAVLE replaced both the National Board Examination (NBE) and the Clinical Competency Test (CCT) beginning in November 2000.)
The NAVLE is a 360-item computer-based multiple-choice examination. It is administered during two testing windows per year – one in spring and one in fall.
Applying for Board Approval to Take the NAVLE
Since the Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine must approve you to take the NAVLE, you must submit two applications – a licensure application to the Delaware Board and a NAVLE application to NBVME.
The following table shows the deadlines for submitting these. It is important to adhere to these timeframes to allow time for the Board to review your credentials.
| IF you want to take the exam in this window: | THEN submit your licensure application to Delaware Board office no later than: | AND submit your NAVLE application to NBVME no later than: |
| November – December 2011 | June 1, 2011 | August 1, 2011 |
| April 2012 | October 1, 2011 | To be announced |
For instructions on filing your licensure application for the Board’s approval to take the NAVLE, click Veterinarian Licensure.
For instructions on filing the NBVME North American Veterinary Licensing Examination Application, go to www.nbvme.org.
