Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE
Chapter 180 - PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Section 172-180-002 - DEFINITIONS

002.01 ADEQUATE RECORDS. Legible medical records containing, at a minimum, sufficient information to identify the patient, support the diagnosis, justify the treatment, accurately document the results, indicate advice and cautionary warnings provided to the patient and provide sufficient information for another practitioner to assume continuity of the patient's care at any point in the course of treatment, and, when investigative or unproven therapies are utilized, the records must include written informed client consent.

002.02 ANGOFF METHOD. A method of determining passing scores based on aggregate information obtained by having judges predict the probability that a hypothetical minimally competent candidate will correctly answer items in a test.

002.03 APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION. Consists of courses, clinics, forums, lectures, training programs or seminars that pertain to veterinary medicine and surgery or veterinary technology and are approved by the Board.

002.04 APPROVED CONTINUING COMPETENCY. Activities that ensure the maintenance of knowledge and skills necessary to competently practice veterinary medicine and surgery; the utilization of new techniques based on scientific and clinical advances; and the promotion of research to assure expansive and comprehensive services to the public. The activities must meet the criteria for approval established by the Board to be recognized for licensure renewal.

002.05 APPROVED PROGRAM THAT DETERMINES EDUCATIONAL EQUIVALENCE. A program which issues certificates based on specific standards indicating that the holder of such a certificate has demonstrated knowledge and skill equivalent to that possessed by a graduate of an accredited college of veterinary medicine. Such programs include the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG), the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence (PAVE); or another entity that maintains the same standards for determining educational equivalence as the American Veterinary Medical Association, Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates, or the American Association of Veterinary State Boards Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence.

002.06 HOUR. A period of 50 minutes of formal instruction, otherwise known as a "contact hour."

002.07 PROVIDER. An institution or individual that presents continuing education programs to licensees.

002.08 SURGERY. The treatment, through revision, destruction, incision, closure or other structural alteration of animal tissue.