Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation (Division) shall
approve a veterinary medicine and surgery program as reputable and in good
standing if it meets the following minimum criteria:
1) The institution is legally recognized and
authorized by the jurisdiction in which it is located to confer the Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree or its equivalent.
2) Has a faculty that consists of a
sufficient number of full-time instructors to make certain that the educational
obligations to the student are fulfilled. The faculty must have demonstrated
competence in their area of teaching as evidenced by appropriate degrees from
reputable professional colleges or institutions.
3) Has a curriculum of at least 4 academic
years, including at least the following subject areas, as applied to the
various species of animals:
A)
Anatomy
B) Anesthesiology
C) Applied Clinical Training
D) Clinical Chemistry
E) Epidemiology
F) Federal and State Laws
G) Food Quality and Safety
H) General and Special Pathology
I) Immunology
J) Internal Medicine
K) Microbiology
L) Nutrition
M) Parasitology
N) Pharmacology
O) Physiology
P) Preventive Medicine
Q) Professional Ethics
R) Radiology
S) Surgery and Obstetrics
4) Accepts only persons who have
graduated from accredited high schools or who have obtained equivalent
education through such programs as the General Education Development
Examination, and have successfully completed at least 2 years of pre-veterinary
collegiate training in an accredited college or university.
5) Maintains permanent student records that
summarize the credentials for admission, attendance, grades and other records
of performance.
6) Maintains or is
formally affiliated with a hospital for the care and treatment of animals,
which provides a sufficient number and variety of surgical and medical cases
for the students' clinical instruction.
b) In determining whether a program should be
approved, the Division shall take into consideration but not be bound by
accreditation or approval by the American Veterinary Medical Association,
Council on Education.
c) The
Division has determined that all veterinary medicine and surgery programs
accredited or approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association, Council
on Education (AVMA) as of September 1, 2005 meet the minimum criteria set forth
in subsection (a)(1) and are approved.
