Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 092 - Arkansas State Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Rule 092.00.18-001 - Livestock Embryo Transfer or Transplant; and Livestock Pregnancy Determination
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 092.00.18-001
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
092.00.1-12. LIVESTOCK EMBRYO TRANSFER OR TRANSPLANT; AND LIVESTOCK PREGNANCY DETERMINATION
(Adopted 04/04/2018)
Definitions:
20. Certain terms as provided by Ark. Code
Ann. §
17-101-316 shall be defined as:
A. "Individual technician" shall be referred
to as a non-veterinarian embryo transfer technician and means a person who
performs the biosecure process of inducing increased ovulations within a donor
female for the invitro or in vivo production of embryos, the flushing of those
embryos, collecting, grading and transferring of those embryos to recipient
females, or the cryopreservation of those embryos for storage and later
transfer to recipient females.
B.
"Livestock embryo transfer or transplant" shall mean services provided by a
non-veterinarian embryo transfer technician certified by the Board which
involves and shall be limited to nonsurgical embryo transfer in livestock, and
may include basic ultrasonography of their ovaries to evaluate the response to
embryo transfer associated procedures, and of the uterus to determine pregnancy
by the detection of a heartbeat within the transferred embryo at or greater
than twenty-eight (28) days of gestation of such animals.
C. "Qualified course" shall mean:
(1) A course on livestock embryo transfer or
transplant and livestock pregnancy determination taught by someone with a
Doctorate or Master of Science degree with an emphasis in animal reproductive
physiology or a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, or taught through an accredited
or approved college of veterinary medicine; or
(2) A Doctorate or Master of Science degree
with an emphasis in animal reproductive physiology.
Application:
21. The application for certification as a
non-veterinarian embryo transfer technician in the State of Arkansas shall be
written and signed by the applicant, and include the information set forth
below and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable one thousand dollar
($1,000.00) application fee:
A. One (1)
letter from a licensed veterinarian who has witnessed the applicant's ability
to perform livestock embryo transfer or transplant and livestock pregnancy
determination on at least three (3) occasions within six (6) consecutive
months. The letter shall include the dates that the veterinarian spent with the
applicant and an endorsement certifying that the applicant is proficient in the
following areas:
(1) Basic knowledge, skills,
and abilities required to proficiently extract, grade, freeze, thaw, and
transfer livestock embryos; and
(2)
The ability to properly use ultrasound equipment in determining pregnancy
status with at least ninety percent (90%) accuracy beginning at sixty (60) days
of pregnancy and with at least ninety percent (90%) accuracy when identifying
trimester;
B. A record
of successfully completing a qualified course taught by a livestock
reproduction specialist on both livestock embryo transfer and livestock
pregnancy determination;
C. Proof
that the applicant has at least fifty percent (50%) financial interest in
livestock management equipment, including without limitation ultrasound
equipment, microscope, embryo freezer, and other required transfer tools;
and
D. Proof of membership in
either the International Embryo Technology Society or the American Embryo
Transfer Association.
Renewal:
22. A certification under this section
expires after two (2) years and the non-veterinarian embryo transfer technician
shall submit the following to the Board for renewal:
A. A renewal application;
B. A renewal application fee of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00); and
C. A
record of completing a continuing education course on bovine reproduction
within the United States of America or Canada.
Continuing Education:
23. Non-veterinarian embryo transfer
technicians are required to earn eight (8) credit hours before becoming
eligible for renewal. Those hours shall be completed within the United States
of America or Canada through the following:
A.
The annual conference of the International Embryo Technology Society;
B. The annual convention of the American
Embryo Transfer Association; or
C.
Another course on bovine reproduction pre-approved by the Board.
Record Keeping:
24. A non-veterinarian embryo transfer
technician shall keep and maintain a record that contains the contact
information of the licensed veterinarian prescribing or dispensing prescription
drugs who has a valid veterinarian-client-patient-relationship with the
livestock owner when the prescription drugs are administered by the
technician.
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