5.__Veterinarian participation.__A veterinarian licensed in this State may participate in the program.__A veterinarian applying to participate in the program shall file with the commissioner an application provided by the commissioner on which the veterinarian shall supply, in addition to any other information requested by the commissioner, a fee schedule listing the fees charged for sterilization, examination and presurgical immunizations of dogs against rabies, distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus and the fees charged for sterilization, examination and presurgical immunizations of cats against rabies, feline panleukopenia, feline calici virus, pneumonitis and rhinotracheitis performed in the normal course of business.__The sterilization fee may vary with the companion animal's weight, sex and species.__The commissioner may, however, disqualify from participation in the program any veterinarian whose fees are considered unreasonable.

6.__Veterinarian reimbursement.__The commissioner shall reimburse, to the extent funds are available, a participating veterinarian for the difference between 80% of the participating veterinarian's fee and payment paid by the owner to the participating veterinarian as provided in subsection 3 for each companion animal sterilization procedure administered.__To receive this reimbursement, the participating veterinarian must submit a companion animal sterilization reimbursement request signed by the participating veterinarian and the owner of the animal certifying that the animal has been sterilized.__The owner of a companion animal sterilized pursuant to subsection 3 who has adopted that companion animal from an animal shelter shall pay the cost of all presurgical immunizations and examination fees directly to the participating veterinarian.

7.__Veterinarian reimbursement under reduced fee arrangement.__ For companion animals sterilized pursuant to subsection 4, the commissioner shall reimburse, to the extent funds are available, a participating veterinarian for the fees for an examination and the presurgical immunization of dogs against rabies, distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus or the fees for an examination and the presurgical immunization of cats against rabies, feline panleukopenia, feline calici virus, pneumonitis and rhinotracheitis, as the case may be, as well as the fee for the companion animal sterilization procedure.__Reimbursement for these fees, less the $15 fee paid by the person presenting the companion animal, must be made by the commissioner to the participating veterinarian upon submission of the written companion animal sterilization