2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-170-101 — 12-315-310) › Article 315 - VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARY TECHNICIANS (§§ 12-315-101 — 12-315-310) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 12-315-101 — 12-315-126) › Section 12-315-110 - [Effective 8/7/2024] License renewal - waiver - rules - continuing education

(1)
All licenses issued pursuant to this part 1 are subject to the renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and delinquency fee provisions specified in section
12-20-202 (1) and (2)
. A person whose license expires is subject to the penalties provided in this part 1 or section
12-20-202 (1)
.
(2)
The board, by rule, may waive a licensed veterinarian's renewal fee while the licensee is on active duty with any branch of the armed services of the United States. The period during which the renewal fee is waived cannot exceed the longer of three years or the duration of a national emergency.
(3)
(a)
(I)
In order to obtain license renewal, each licensee, except as otherwise provided, must complete a board-approved veterinary continuing educational program of at least thirty-two hours biennially. The courses may be taken at any time during the period since the license was last renewed and before the license is due to be renewed. The licensee shall provide satisfactory proof of the completion of all delinquent continuing education requirements. For good cause, the board may prescribe the type and character of continuing education courses to be taken by any doctor of veterinary medicine in order to comply with the requirements of this part 1.
(II)
The board-approved continuing educational program must:
(A)
Require two hours of jurisprudence on the "Colorado Veterinary Practice Act" biennially;
(B)
Permit a licensee to take up to sixteen hours of continuing education courses in nonbiomedical topics, which topics may include client communication, management, leadership, and other topics that support veterinary practice and a highly functional veterinary workforce; and
(C)
Require two hours each licensing period on topics related to the delegation of tasks and the supervision of veterinary technicians, veterinary technician specialists, and other personnel.
(b)
The board shall have the authority to excuse licensees, as groups or individuals, from biennially continuing educational requirements for a good and sufficient reason.
(c)
The board may employ qualified personnel to aid in the implementation of this section.
(4)
On and after July 1, 2024, as a condition of renewal of a license, each veterinarian shall attest that the veterinarian is in compliance with section
12-280-403 (2)(a)
and that the veterinarian is aware of the penalties for noncompliance with that section.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 36,§ 6, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 397, § 8, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 442, § 12, eff. 8/10/2022.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-64-110
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 363, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 145-1-11. L. 73: p. 1514, § 11. L. 79: (1), (2), and (4)(c) amended, p. 589, § 9, effective June 15; (1) amended, p. 441, § 27, effective July 1. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 596, § 4, effective July 1. L. 91: (4)(a) amended, p. 900, § 41, effective June 5; (1), (2), and (4)(a) amended, p. 1473, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2001: (2)(b), (4)(a), and (4)(b) amended, p. 476, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1), (2), and (4)(a) amended, p. 1859, § 118, effective August 4. L. 2011: (2), (3), and (4)(a) amended, (SB 11 -091), ch. 207, p. 895, § 19, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 12-64-110 as it existed prior to 2019.
2024 Ch. 36, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2022 Ch. 397, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2022 Ch. 442, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.