California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board
Article 6 - Registered Veterinary Technicians
Section 2065 - Minimum Requirements for Approved Schools or Degree Programs
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
Schools or degree programs seeking approval from the board shall meet all of the following minimum requirements:
(a) The curriculum shall consist of:
(b) The curriculum shall cover applicable safety training in all coursework. Coursework shall include the following:
(c) Each student shall be supervised during the externship or clinical rotation by a veterinarian or registered veterinary technician who is located at the site of the externship or clinical rotation. The school or degree program shall have a written agreement with the site that specifies the expectations and responsibility of the parties. A staff member of the school or degree program shall visit the site prior to beginning the externship or clinical rotation relationship and at least once annually following the initial inspection.
(d) The library facilities of the school or degree program must be adequate for the conducting of the educational program.
(e) The physical plant and equipment used for instruction in the academic teaching shall be adequate for the purposes intended.
(f)
(g) The number of students enrolled shall be at a ratio to the number of faculty and size of the facilities which is not detrimental to the quality of education. When animal patients are used as part of the curriculum the ratio shall be adequate to protect the health and safety of the animal patients and the students, taking into consideration the species of animal being treated.
(h) All students admitted shall possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(i) The school or degree program shall be part of an institution that is approved by the Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, or its successor agency, or accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(j) Every school or degree program shall be in compliance with the laws regulating the practice of veterinary medicine and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(k) Any instruction covered under subsection (a)(3) shall be in a facility that is in compliance with registration requirements of Business and Professions Code section 4853.
(l) The schools or degree programs shall provide each prospective student, prior to enrollment, with literature which discloses the school's or degree program's pass rate for first time candidates and the state average pass rate for first time candidates on the board's registered veterinary technician examination during the two-year period immediately preceding the student's proposed enrollment and a description of the requirements for registration as a registered veterinary technician.
(m) The schools or degree programs shall provide each prospective veterinary technology student prior to enrollment written information regarding transferability of the units they receive in the courses that they take and shall post the information at all times in a conspicuous location at its facility so that there is ample opportunity for the veterinary technology students to read the information.
1. New section
filed 9-1-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No.
36).
2. Amendment filed 2-15-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 79, No. 7).
3. Amendment filed 12-18-87; operative 1-17-88
(Register 87, No. 52).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending
subsection (g) filed 3-1-96 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
5. Amendment filed 1-19-99;
operative 2-18-99 (Register 99, No. 4).
6. Amendment filed
7-20-2004; operative 8-19-2004 (Register 2004, No. 30).
7. Amendment
of section heading, section and NOTE filed 9-2-2014; operative 1-1-2015
(Register 2014, No. 36).
Note: Authority cited: Section 4808, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 4830, 4841.5, 4843 and 4853, Business and Professions Code.