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P.L. 2022, CHAPTER 128, approved December 12, 2022

Assembly, No. 2026 (First Reprint)

An Act concerning education required for the Animal Health Technician job title in the civil service and supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statues.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.  a.  The required number of specific credit hours in veterinary science/technology, animal science technology, zoology, biology, animal husbandry, or related fields at an accredited college or university shall be no greater than 12 hours for any job title of Animal Health Technician within the civil service ¹local title listing¹.

     b.    An applicant with five years of experience in ¹[the veterinary technician field in a veterinary hospital, veterinary practice, humane society or other similar place of work where animals are cared for or kept], a veterinary office, animal hospital, animal shelter, or other similar place of work where animals are cared for or kept performing vaccinations, diagnostic tests, euthanasia, or various other medical treatments on animals or work involving animal nutrition, taxonomy, animal behavior, parasitology, or bacteriology¹ and who does not meet all of the education requirements shall be eligible for the Animal Health Technician job title ¹within the civil service local title listing¹.

     2.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] on the first day of the seventh month following the date of enactment¹.

     Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.