Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G18 - Board of Veterinary Medicine › Chapter 61G18-16 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 61G18-16.002 - Continuing Education Requirements for Active Status License Renewal

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) All licensed veterinarians shall be
				required to obtain continuing professional education which contributes to the
				advancement, extension or enhancement of professional skills and knowledge in
				the field of veterinary medicine.
(2) Licensed veterinarians shall complete a
				minimum of thirty (30) hours of continuing professional education in veterinary
				medicine every biennium. Beginning on June 1, 2012, no less than one (1) hour
				of continuing education shall be in the area of dispensing legend drugs and no
				less than two (2) hours of continuing education shall be in the area of the
				laws and rules governing the practice of veterinary medicine. For the purposes
				of this rule, the laws and rules governing the practice of veterinary medicine
				are Chapters 455 and 474, F.S. and rule Division 61G18, F.A.C.
(a) One (1) hour equals a minimum of fifty
				(50) minutes and a maximum of sixty (60) minutes. Total hours of lecture time
				cannot be added up and divided into 50 minute intervals to obtain 1 hour credit
				for each 50 minute interval.
(b)
				Not more than fifteen (15) hours shall be non-interactive, correspondence
				courses. Interactive Distance Education Courses are not correspondence
				courses.
(c) "Interactive Distance
				Education Course" means a competency based learning course presented through
				live, synchronous technology or through prerecorded video coupled with a means
				for course attendees to ask questions of the instructor(s) and receive
				responses in a timely manner. Such courses may be presented through video
				conferencing technologies or interactive computer based applications.
(d) Five (5) hours of continuing education in
				laws and rules may be obtained once per biennium by attending one full day or
				eight (8) hours of a Board meeting (whichever is shorter) at which disciplinary
				hearings are conducted by the Board of Veterinary Medicine by complying with
				the following:
1. The licensee must sign in
				with the Executive Director of the Board or designee before the meeting day
				begins.
2. The licensee must remain
				in continuous attendance.
3. The
				licensee must sign out with the Executive Director of the Board or designee at
				the end of the meeting day or at such other earlier time as affirmatively
				authorized by the Board. A licensee may receive continuing education credit for
				attending the Board meeting only if he or she is attending on the date solely
				for the purpose of obtaining continuing education; he or she may not receive
				credit if appearing at the Board meeting for another
				purpose.
(e) Not more
				than five (5) hours in complementary and alternative medicine modalities shall
				be credited toward the required number of continuing professional education
				hours referenced above.
(f) A
				licensed veterinarian shall receive credit for no more than five (5) hours of
				continuing professional education in business or practice management courses
				during any biennium period.
(g) A
				licensed veterinarian shall receive credit for no more than five (5) hours of
				continuing professional education in wellness and wellbeing seminars during any
				biennium period.