Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department
Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission
Rule 209.01.24-003 - Continuing Education Requirements for Veterinary Medical License and Certification Renewal
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 209.01.24-003
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
7. The continuing education requirements for the renewal of an active license or certificate are as follows:
A. Veterinarians must earn twenty
(20) continuing education hours each year to be eligible for license renewal.
(1) Continuing education topic requirements
are as follows:
(a) Ten (10) hours must be
education pertaining to veterinary medicine and surgery;
(b) A maximum of eight (8) hours can be
education pertaining to non-scientific topics;
(c) A maximum of two (2) hours can be
education through visitation with a colleague, not associated with the
veterinarian's practice, at the facility of the colleague; and
(d) A maximum of two (2) hours can be
education through attending exhibit halls at state or national meetings and
conferences.
(2)
Continuing education hours can be earned as follows:
(a) At least ten (10) hours must be taken
in-person or through live, interactive webinars; and
(b) A maximum of ten (10) hours will be
allowed for online education that is pre-recorded or non-interactive.
B. Veterinary
technicians and veterinary technologists must earn twelve (12) continuing
education hours each year to be eligible for certificate renewal.
(1) Continuing education topic requirements
are as follows:
(a) Eight (8) hours must be
education pertaining to veterinary medicine and surgery; and
(b) A maximum of four (4) hours can be
education pertaining to non-scientific topics.
(2) Continuing education hours can be earned
as follows:
(a) At least six (6) hours must be
taken in-person or through live, interactive webinars; and
(b) A maximum of six (6) hours will be
allowed for online education that is pre-recorded or non-interactive.
C. A veterinary
technician specialist must complete an additional eight (8) hours of advanced
continuing education in their area of specialty each year before renewal. This
is in addition to the twelve (12) hours of continuing education required for
renewal of their veterinary technician or technologist certification.
D. Continuing education hours are waived for
veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary technologists who
received a license or certificate from the Commission during the renewal period
in which they graduated.
E. The
following are approved by the Commission for continuing education;
(1) An educational program sponsored by an
accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine;
(2) An educational program sponsored by the
American Animal Hospital Association;
(3) An educational program sponsored by the
American Veterinary Medical Association or one of its recognized veterinary
specialties or veterinary specialty organizations;
(4) An educational program sponsored by a
local, state, regional or national veterinary association;
(5) An educational program sponsored by the
National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America or one of its
veterinary technician specialty academies or societies;
(6) An educational program approved by the
Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE), which is the American
Association of Veterinary State Boards' national clearinghouse for approval of
continuing education; or
(7) An
educational program sponsored by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
F. Each
veterinarian, veterinary technician, veterinary technologist, and veterinary
technician specialist must keep a record of continuing education hours earned
and will be required to certify those hours on a form made available by the
Commission. The form will be sent to each veterinarian, veterinary technician,
veterinary technologist, and veterinary technician specialist at the time of
annual renewal. All records of continuing education hours must be kept by the
license or certificate holder for three (3) years. The Commission, at its
discretion, may request an audit of an individual's continuing education
records.
G. Veterinarians,
veterinary technicians, veterinary technologists, or veterinary technician
specialists unable to earn continuing education hours because of sickness or
other justifiable reasons may, at the discretion of the Commission, be exempt
from all or part of the continuing education requirements or granted an
extension of time to obtain their continuing education hours.
H. Requests for approval of educational
programs must be submitted to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture within the
current license or certificate renewal period.
I. To activate an inactive license or
certificate, continuing education hours must be obtained during that renewal
period.
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