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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 6 - Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2068 - Practical Experience-Advanced Degrees as Equivalent Curriculum. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 3-15-84; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 11).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section filed 3-1-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
5. Repealer filed 6-12-2009;
				  operative 7-12-2009 (Register 2009, No. 24).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4841.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 6 - Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2068.5 - Practical Experience and Education as Equivalent Curriculum

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In lieu of a two year curriculum in animal health technology,
				  completion of a combination of practical experience and education in compliance
				  with the following criteria is deemed to be "the equivalent thereof as
				  determined by the board" pursuant to Section
				  4841.5 of the code:
(a) The education shall consist of a minimum
				of 20 semester units, 30 quarter units, or 300 hours of instruction. The
				education shall be provided by a postsecondary academic institution or a
				qualified instructor, who satisfies the qualification requirements of
				subsection (e)(1). The education shall be accumulated in the fundamentals and
				principles of all of the following subjects:
(1) Dental prophylaxis and
				extraction.
(2) Anesthetic
				instrumentation, induction, and monitoring.
(3) Surgical nursing and assisting, including
				instrumentation, suturing techniques, intravascular catheter placement and
				application of casts and splints.
(4) Radiography and radiation
				safety.
(5) Diseases and nursing of
				animals, including zoonotic diseases and emergency veterinary care.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 6 - Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2068.6 - Out of State Registration as Equivalent

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An applicant shall be eligible for the California veterinary
				  technician examination provided such applicant meets the following
				  requirements:
(a) The applicant is
				licensed, certified, or registered as a veterinary technician in the United
				States, Canada or U.S. territory in good standing, as defined in Section
				4848 (b) (1) (A) and
				(B) of Business and Professions Code, in
				which the board has determined that he or she has passed the national
				veterinary technician examination or an examination equivalent to the written
				examination last required in California.
(b) The applicant has obtained at least 4,416
				hours, completed in no less than 24 months, of directed clinical practice,
				under the direct supervision of a veterinarian licensed in the United States,
				Canada or U.S. territory.
(c) The
				directed clinical practice shall have provided the applicant with knowledge,
				skills and abilities in the areas of communication with clients, patient
				examinations, emergency procedures, laboratory procedures, diagnostic imaging,
				surgical assisting, anesthesia, animal nursing, nutrition, dentistry, animal
				behavior and pharmacology. The supervising veterinarian(s) shall complete a
				check list attesting to proficiency in specific skill areas within the
				preceding categories.
(d) The board
				determines that no disciplinary action has been taken against the applicant by
				any public agency concerned with the practice of animal health care and that
				the applicant has not been the subject of adverse civil or criminal judgments
				resulting from the practice of animal health care which the board determines
				constitutes evidence of a pattern of incompetency or negligence.
1. New section
				  filed 1-27-89; operative 4-1-89 (Register 89, No. 7).
2. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending first paragraph and subsection (a) filed
				  3-1-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
3. Amendment of subsection (b),
				  new subsection (c) and subsection relettering filed 6-12-2009; operative
				  7-12-2009 (Register 2009, No. 24).
4. Amendment of section heading,
				  section and NOTE filed 7-10-2014; operative 10-1-2014 (Register 2014, No.
				  28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4841.5
					 and
					 4848,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 6 - Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2068.7 - Limited Term RVT Examination Eligibility Window. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 2-3-2009; operative 2-3-2009 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4.
				  This regulation will expire by its own terms on January 1, 2010 (Register 2009,
				  No. 6).
2. Change without regulatory effect repealing section filed
				  11-2-2021 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2021, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4841.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 6 - Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2069 - Emergency Animal Care

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Emergency animal care rendered by registered veterinary
				  technician.
(a) Under conditions of an
				emergency as defined in Section
				4840.5 of the code, a registered
				veterinary technician may render the following lifesaving aid or emergency
				treatment to an animal:
(1) Application of
				tourniquets and/or pressure bandages to control hemorrhage.
(2) Resuscitative oxygen
				procedures.
(3) Establishing open
				airways including intubation appliances but excluding surgery.
(4) External cardiac resuscitation.
(5) Application of temporary splints or
				bandages to prevent further injury to bones or soft tissues.
(6) Application of appropriate wound
				dressings and external supportive treatment in severe burn cases.
(7) External supportive treatment in heat
				prostration cases.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 7 - Fees › Section 2071.1 - Application, Permit, and Renewal Fees for Veterinary Assistant Controlled Substance Permits

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Pursuant to the provisions of Section
				  4905 of the code, the following
				  fees are fixed by the board:
(a) The
				application fee for the veterinary assistant controlled substance permit
				(VACSP) shall be $100.00.
(b) The
				initial VACSP fee for VACSPs issued for one year or more from the date the
				initial VACSP is granted shall be $100.00.
(c) The biennial renewal fee shall be
				$100.00.
1. New section
				  filed 8-1-2016; operative 8-1-2016 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2016, No. 32).
2. Change without regulatory effect
				  amending section and NOTE filed 5-17-2022 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2022, No. 20).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4836
					 and
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 4836,
					 4836.2
					 and
					 4905,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2075 - Definitions

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As used in this article
(a) "Program" means the alcohol and drug
				abuse diversion program for veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians
				authorized pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
				4860) of Chapter 11 of Division 2
				of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) "Diversion committee" means diversion
				evaluation committee.
1. New Article
				  8 (Sections
				  2075-2082, not consecutive) filed
				  3-28-84; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 84, No. 13).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  Article 8 heading and subsection (a) filed 3-1-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2076 - Criteria for Admission

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An applicant shall meet the following criteria for admission
				  to the program:
(a) The applicant
				shall be a veterinarian or registered veterinary technician licensed or
				registered in this state.
(b) The
				applicant shall reside in California.
(c) The applicant is found to abuse alcohol
				or other dangerous drugs in a manner which may affect the veterinarian's
				ability to practice veterinary medicine competently or the registered
				veterinary technician's ability to perform his or her duties
				competently.
(d) The applicant
				shall have voluntarily requested admission to the program.
(e) The applicant agrees to undertake any
				reasonable medical or psychiatric examinations necessary to evaluate the
				application for participation in the program.
(f) The applicant cooperates with the program
				by providing medical information, disclosure authorizations and releases of
				liability as may be necessary for participation in the program.
(g) The applicant agrees in writing to
				cooperate with all elements of both the program and the individual treatment
				program designed by a diversion committee.
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (c) filed 3-1-96
				  pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4866,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2077 - Procedure for Review of Applicants

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(a) An administrative physician shall act as
				a medical consultant to the program manager for the purpose of interviewing
				each applicant who requests admission to the program.
(b) The program manager and the medical
				consultant will recommend such medical and psychiatric examinations by
				administrative physicians which may be necessary for determining the
				applicant's eligibility in the program and request such other information,
				authorization, and releases necessary for the program.
(c) The program manager, medical consultant
				and any administrative physician who examined the applicant shall each make a
				recommendation to the committee whether the applicant should or should not be
				admitted to the program.
(d) A
				diversion committee's decision on admission of an applicant to the program
				shall be final.
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4866,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2078 - Administrative Physicians

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Administrative physicians, who are physicians selected by the
				  Board on recommendation of the program manager to conduct medical or
				  psychiatric examinations of an applicant or who act as medical consultants for
				  purposes of interviewing applicants for admission to the program, shall be
				  California licensed physicians who are competent to perform the required
				  examination.
1. New section
				  filed 10-24-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  43).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4866,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2079 - Causes for Denial of Admission

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A diversion committee may deny an applicant admission to the
				  program for any of the following reasons:
(a) The applicant does not meet the
				requirements set forth in Section
				2076.
(b) The applicant has been subject to an
				adverse disciplinary decision by any state veterinary medical or registered
				veterinary technician licensing authority.
(c) Formal complaints have been received by
				the Board which, after investigation, indicate that the applicant may have
				violated a provision of the laws governing the practice of veterinary medicine,
				Chapter 11 (commencing with Section
				4800) of Division 2 of Business
				and Professions Code, excluding subsection (g)(1) of Section
				4883 of the Code.
(d) A diversion committee determines that the
				applicant will not substantially benefit from participation in the program or
				that the applicant's participation in the program creates too great a risk to
				the public health, safety or welfare.
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 3-1-96 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 4860,
					 4866
					 and
					 4870,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2080 - Causes for Termination from the Program

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A diversion committee may terminate a veterinarian or
				  registered veterinary technician's participation in the program for any of the
				  following reasons:
(a) The applicant
				has successfully completed the treatment program prescribed by the diversion
				committee.
(b) The diversion
				committee votes to terminate participation for one of the following causes:
(1) The veterinarian or registered veterinary
				technician has failed to comply with the treatment program designated by the
				diversion committee.
(2) Any cause
				for denial of an applicant in Section
				2079.
(3) The veterinarian or registered veterinary
				technician has failed to comply with any of the requirements set forth in
				Section 2076.
(4) The diversion committee determines that
				the applicant has not substantially benefited from participation in the program
				or that the applicant's continued participation in the program creates too
				great a risk to the public health, safety or welfare.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2081 - Notification of Termination

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Whenever any veterinarian or registered veterinary technician
				  is terminated from the program for any reasons other than successful completion
				  of the program, the diversion committee shall, within thirty days, report such
				  fact to the Board in writing. The diversion committee's written notification to
				  the Board of a participant's termination from the program shall not include any
				  confidential information as defined in Section
				  2082.
1. New section
				  filed 10-24-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  43).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  3-1-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 4860,
					 4866
					 and
					 4871,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 8 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Diversion Program for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians › Section 2082 - Confidentiality of Records

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(a)
				All Board, Diversion Committee and Program records relating to a veterinarian's
				or registered veterinary technician's application to the program shall be kept
				confidential pursuant to Section
				4871 of the Code, including all
				information provided by the applicant, or by an examining physician, to the
				program manager, a medical consultant, members of a diversion committee, or
				other employees of the Board in connection with the program. Such records shall
				be purged when a veterinarian's or registered veterinary technician's
				participation in the program is either completed or terminated.
(b) All other information or records received
				by the Board prior to the acceptance of the applicant into the program, or
				which do not relate to the veterinarian's or registered veterinary technician's
				application into the program, or which do not relate to the veterinarian's or
				registered veterinary technician's participation in the program, shall not be
				maintained in a confidential manner as required by Section
				4871 of the Code and may be
				utilized by the Board in any disciplinary or criminal proceedings instituted
				against the veterinarian or registered veterinary technician.
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending section filed 3-1-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4808,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4871,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085 - Definitions: Continuing Education

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As used in this article:
(a) "Licensee" means a California licensed
				veterinarian.
(b) "Continuing
				education" means education needed to maintain competence and skills consistent
				with current standards and practices and that is beyond the initial academic
				studies needed to be licensed.
(c)
				"Statutorily recognized provider" or "recognized provider" means an
				organization, institution, association, university or other person or entity
				that is authorized to offer continuing education in veterinary medicine
				pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of section
				4846.5 of the Code.
(d) "Approved provider" means an
				organization, institution, association, university or other person or entity
				that is approved by the Board or the Board recognized national continuing
				education approval body to offer continuing education courses in veterinary
				medicine.
(e) "Qualifying
				continuing education" or "qualifying course" means an orderly learning
				experience which meets the criteria specified in this article and is
				administered by a recognized or an approved provider. It includes a variety of
				forms of learning experiences, including, but not limited to, lectures,
				conferences, workshops, video conferencing, distance learning technologies, and
				self-study courses.
(f) "Self-study
				course" means a form of orderly learning that does not offer participatory
				interaction between the licensee and the instructor during the instructional
				period. Self-study includes, but is not limited to, correspondence courses,
				independent study and home study programs, reading journals, viewing of
				videotapes, or listening to audiotapes.
(g) "AAVSB" means the American Association of
				Veterinary State Boards.
(h)
				"Approval entity" means the entity responsible for approving a provider of
				continuing education who is not a recognized provider. The entity shall be
				either the Board recognized national continuing education approval body or the
				Board itself
1. New article
				  9 (sections
				  2085-2085.13) and section filed
				  2-4-2002; operative 2-4-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2002, No. 6).
2. Amendment of article 9 heading filed
				  4-14-2011; operative 5-14-2011 (Register 2011, No.
				  15).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4808
					 and
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.1 - License Renewal Requirements

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(a)
(1) A licensee applying for license renewal,
				or who is reactivating an inactive license, shall certify in writing that
				during the preceding renewal period the licensee has completed at least
				thirty-six (36) hours of approved continuing education and furnish a full set
				of fingerprints as required by section
				2010.05.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1) of
				this section, a veterinarian shall not be required to comply with the
				continuing education requirements when applying for his or her first license
				renewal. Thereafter, such veterinarians shall be required to meet the
				continuing education requirement specified herein as a condition for renewal of
				his or her license.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.2 - Continuing Education Waivers

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(a) A licensee may request a waiver from
				complying with the continuing education requirements. A request for a waiver
				from the continuing education requirements shall be submitted to the Board on
				an application provided by the Board (using form VMB/CE/1 dated 10/04, which is
				incorporated by reference). The application shall include a letter explaining
				the reason for the waiver request in addition to documents that verify the
				request for waiver, e.g., military documents, letter from physician, and shall
				be signed by the licensee under penalty of perjury. The Board will notify the
				licensee, within seventy-five (75) working days after receipt of the request
				for waiver and the supporting documentation, whether the waiver was
				granted.
(b) If the request for
				waiver is denied, the licensee shall complete the continuing education
				requirements as set forth in this article and section
				4846.5 of the Code. If the request
				for waiver is granted, it shall be valid only for the current renewal
				period.
(c) The Board shall grant
				the waiver if the licensee can provide documents, satisfactory to the Board,
				that:
(1) For at least one year during the
				licensee's current license period the licensee was or will be absent from
				California due to military service; or
(2) For at least one year during the
				licensee's current license period the licensee is prevented from practicing
				veterinary medicine and from completing continuing education courses for the
				following reasons of health or undue hardship which include:
(A) A significant physical and/or mental
				disability of the veterinarian; or
(B) A significant physical and/or mental
				disability of an individual where the veterinarian has total responsibility for
				the care of that individual.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.3 - Continuing Education Credit

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(a) Licensees will earn one-hour of
				continuing education credit for each hour of a qualifying course. A qualifying
				course shall be at least one-hour in length. One credit hour shall consist of
				not less than 50 minutes of actual instruction. Qualifying courses or
				presentations that are between 25 and 49 minutes in excess of one hour shall be
				granted credit in half-hour increments.
(b) One academic quarter unit is equal to 10
				hours of continuing education credit and one academic semester unit is equal to
				15 hours of continuing education credit.
(c) A licensee who teaches a qualifying
				continuing education course may claim credit for the course only one time
				during a renewal period.
(d) A
				licensee who participates as an expert examiner in an examination preparation
				workshop for the California state or national licensing examination may claim,
				on an hour for hour basis, up to a maximum of sixteen (16) hours per renewal
				period, continuing education credit for such participation.
(e) A licensee shall not be allowed to use,
				for purposes of renewal, more than twenty-four (24) hours of continuing
				education credit for courses in business practice management or stress
				seminars.
(f) A licensee who takes
				a course as a condition of probation resulting from disciplinary action by the
				Board may not apply the course as credit towards the continuing education
				requirement.
1. New section
				  filed 2-4-2002; operative 2-4-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2002, No. 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4808
					 and
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.4 - Retroactive Approval of Course Providers

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A continuing education course offered by a provider
				  identified in section
				  4846.5(b)(1)
				  (A-J) of the Business and Professions Code shall be accepted towards license
				  renewal if the course started on or after January 1, 2000.
A licensee who completes a continuing education course by a
				  provider not identified in section
				  4846.5(b)(1)
				  (A-J) of the Business and Professions Code, which was started on or after
				  February 1, 2000, shall receive continuing education credit for that course if
				  the provider and the course were approved by the Board recognized national
				  continuing education approval body (American Association of Veterinary State
				  Boards) on or before February 3, 2002.
This section shall be inoperative and repealed on December
				  31, 2003.
1. New section
				  filed 2-11-2002; operative 2-11-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2002, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4808
					 and
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.5 - Approved Providers

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(a)
				A continuing education provider shall apply to the Board or the Board
				recognized national continuing education approval body for approval as a
				provider.
(b) A continuing
				education provider shall be issued a continuing education provider number and
				may represent itself as a California approved provider of continuing education
				courses for veterinarians, upon satisfactory completion of the provider
				requirements of the Board. Providers applying for approval must meet the
				following requirements:
(1)
(A) Submit an application to the Board (Form
				# VMB/CE/2 dated 11/l/01) with payment of the appropriate fees; or
(B) Submit an application (AAVSB National
				Registry of Approved CE (RACE) Provider Application, in effect as of 8/1/01),
				to the Board recognized national continuing education approval body, with
				payment of the appropriate fees;
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.6 - Courses Relevant to Veterinary Medicine

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All qualifying continuing education courses shall be relevant
				  to veterinary medicine. A course shall be deemed to be relevant to veterinary
				  medicine if it meets the following standards:
(a) The content of the course shall reflect
				the educational needs of the veterinarian, build upon the standards for
				practice and courses as found in the curricula of Board approved schools of
				veterinary medicine, contain information that is relevant to the practice of
				veterinary medicine, have written education goals, and shall:
(1) Be related to the scientific knowledge
				and/or technical skills required for the practice of veterinary medicine;
				or
(2) Be related to direct and/or
				indirect patient/client care.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.7 - Course Instructor Qualifications

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An approved provider shall ensure that an instructor teaching
				  a course has at least two of the following minimum qualifications:
(a) A license, registration, or certificate
				in an area related to the subject matter of the course. The license,
				registration or certificate shall be current, valid, and free from restrictions
				due to disciplinary action by this Board or any other health care regulatory
				agency;
(b) A master's or higher
				degree from an educational institution in an area related to the subject matter
				of the course;
(c) Training,
				certification, or experience in teaching the subject matter of the course;
				or
(d) At least two years'
				experience in an area related to the subject matter of the course.
1. New section
				  filed 2-4-2002; operative 2-4-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2002, No. 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4808
					 and
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.8 - Records of Course Completion

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(a) Upon completion of a qualifying
				continuing education course, the provider shall issue a record of course
				completion to a licensee (e.g., verification of attendance, certificates,
				gradeslips, transcripts) containing the following information:
(1) Name of licensee;
(2) Course title;
(3) Provider name and address;
(4) Provider number issued by the approval
				entity, if applicable;
(5) Date of
				course;
(6) Number of continuing
				education hours granted for the course; and
(7) Signature of course instructor, or
				provider, or provider designee.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.9 - Licensee and Provider Course Records

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(a) A licensee shall maintain records of
				course completion for a qualifying continuing education course for a period of
				four (4) years from the date the course was completed and shall provide these
				records to the Board upon audit or request.
(b) A provider shall maintain records related
				to continuing education courses administered by it for a period of four (4)
				years from the date the course was completed. Records shall include:
(1) Syllabi or course outlines for all
				courses;
(2) The time and location
				of all courses;
(3) Course
				instructors' vitaes or resumes;
(4)
				Registration rosters with the names and addresses of licensees who attend the
				courses;
(5) A sample of the record
				of course completion form provided to participants for verifying
				attendance;
(6) A sample of the
				evaluation form completed by participants.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.10 - Statutorily Recognized Providers

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(a) Statutorily recognized providers are
				deemed to be recognized by the Board, where the courses meet the requirements
				of Article 9, Division 20, Title 16, CCR.
1. New section
				  filed 2-4-2002; operative 2-4-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2002, No. 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4808
					 and
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4846.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.11 - Board Recognized National Continuing Education Approval Body

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(a) The Board
				recognized national continuing education approval body shall perform the
				following:
(1) Comply with the provisions of
				Chapter 11 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code and Title 16,
				Division 20 of the California Code of Regulations.
(2) Maintain a list of the names and
				addresses of the persons who are in overall charge of the provider's continuing
				education courses and records.
(3)
				Notify the Board, quarterly, of the name and address of each provider approved
				by it and each course of such provider. Provide without charge to any licensee
				who makes a request, a current list of providers and courses approved by
				it.
(4) Respond to complaints from
				the Board or any licensee concerning activities of any of its approved
				providers or their course(s).
(5)
				Take such action as is necessary to assure that the continuing education course
				material offered by its providers meets the continuing education requirements
				set forth in this article.
(6)
				Establish a procedure for reconsideration of its decision that a provider or a
				provider's course does not meet the criteria set forth in this
				article.
(7) Submit to the Board
				for its approval the fees to be charged for the approving continuing education
				providers and continuing education courses in connection with this article.
				Such fees shall not exceed costs for complying with the provisions of this
				article.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.12 - Providers Application to Approval Entity; Processing Times

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(a) A continuing
				education provider who is not a statutorily recognized provider may apply to
				either the Board recognized national continuing education approval body or the
				Board itself for approval as a provider.
(b)
(1)
				Where a provider has applied to the Board for approval, the provider shall
				submit its application on an application provided by the Board (see form #
				VMB/CE/2 dated 11/1/01) and accompany it by the fee specified in section
				2070 of these
				regulations.
(2) Where a provider
				has applied to the Board recognized national continuing education approval
				body, the provider shall submit its application on an application provided by
				the national approval body and accompanied by the fee set by the national
				approval body. The application shall include information necessary to evaluate
				the providers compliance with these regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 9 - Continuing Education: Veterinarian › Section 2085.13 - Withdrawal of Approval

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(a) The
				Board may withdraw its recognition of a statutorily recognized provider or
				approval of an approved provider or the approval for good cause after giving
				the party in question ("respondent") written notice setting forth its reasons
				for withdrawal and after affording the respondent a reasonable opportunity to
				be heard by the Board or its designee of the specific charges for withdrawal of
				the Board's recognition or approval. Good cause includes, but is not limited
				to, the following:
(1) Failure to comply
				substantially with any provisions of chapter 11 of Division 2 of the Business
				and Professions Code or Title 16, Division 20 of the California Code of
				Regulations; or
(2) Any material
				misrepresentation of fact by the respondent in any information required to be
				submitted to the Board or the Board recognized national continuing education
				provider approval body.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 10 - Continuing Education: Veterinary Technician › Section 2086 - Definitions: Continuing Education

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As used in this article:
(a) "Registrant" means a California
				registered veterinary technician.
(b) "Continuing education" means education
				needed to maintain competence and skills consistent with current standards and
				practices beyond the initial academic studies required for initial
				registration.
(c) "Approved
				provider" means an organization, institution, association, university or other
				person or entity that is approved by regulation by the board pursuant to
				section 2086.1.
(d) "Qualifying continuing education" or
				"qualifying course" means an orderly learning experience, which meets the
				criteria specified in this article and is administered by a recognized or an
				approved provider. It includes a variety of forms of learning experiences,
				including, but not limited to, lectures, conferences, workshops, video
				conferencing, distance learning technologies, and self-study courses.
(e) "Self-study course" means a form of
				orderly learning that does not offer participatory interaction between the
				licensee and the instructor during the instructional period. Self-study
				includes, but is not limited to, correspondence courses, independent study and
				home study programs, reading journals, video or audio presentations related to
				veterinary technology or related fields.
(f) "AAVSB" means the American Association of
				Veterinary State Boards.
1. New article
				  10 (sections
				  2086-2086.9) and section filed
				  4-14-2011; operative 5-14-2011 (Register 2011, No.
				  15).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4808
					 and
					 4838,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 4838,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 10 - Continuing Education: Veterinary Technician › Section 2086.1 - Approved Providers and Compliance

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(a) On or after July 1, 2013, except as
				provided in this section, the board shall issue renewal registrations only to
				those applicants who have completed a minimum of 20 hours of continuing
				education in the preceding two years.
(b)
(1)
				Notwithstanding any other provision of law, continuing education hours shall be
				earned by attending courses complying with section
				2086.6 and sponsored or
				co-sponsored by any of the statutorily approved entities pursuant to Business
				and Professions Code, section
				4846.5.
(2) In addition to those entities listed in
				Business and Professions Code section
				4846.5,
				continuing education hours may be earned by attending courses complying with
				section 2086.6 and sponsored or
				cosponsored by the following:
(A) Registered
				Veterinary Technician Associations recognized by the California Secretary of
				State.
(B) California Approved
				Registered Veterinary Technician Programs
(C) Registered Veterinary Technician
				Associations recognized by the Secretary of State of other U.S.
				states
(D) American Veterinary
				Medical Association (AVMA) approved Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT)
				schools
(E) North American
				Veterinary Technician Association (NAVTA) recognized RVT specialty
				organizations
(3)
				Continuing education credits shall be granted to those registered veterinary
				technicians taking self-study courses as defined in section
				2086(e). The
				taking of these courses shall be limited to no more than four hours
				biennially.
(4) The board may
				approve other continuing veterinary medical education providers not specified
				in paragraph (b)(1) and (b)(2). Applicants seeking continuing education
				provider approval from the board shall apply to the American Association of
				Veterinary State Boards' (AAVSB) Registry of Approved Continuing Education
				(RACE).
(5) Continuing education
				hours shall be earned in the two years preceding registration expiration. Hours
				shall be earned by attending courses sponsored or cosponsored by those entities
				listed in paragraphs (1-4), and on or after July 1, 2011, shall be credited
				toward a registered veterinary technician's continuing education requirement
				under this section.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 10 - Continuing Education: Veterinary Technician › Section 2086.2 - Registration Renewal Requirements

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(a)
(1) On
				or after July 1, 2013, a registrant applying for renewal, or who is
				reactivating an inactive license, shall certify in writing that during the
				preceding renewal period the licensee has completed at least twenty (20) hours
				of approved continuing education and furnish a full set of fingerprints as
				required by section
				2010.05
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1) of
				this section, a registered veterinary technician shall not be required to
				comply with the continuing education requirements when applying for his or her
				first license renewal. Thereafter, such registered veterinary technicians shall
				be required to meet the continuing education requirement specified herein as a
				condition for renewal of his or her registration.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 20 - Veterinary Medical Board › Article 10 - Continuing Education: Veterinary Technician › Section 2086.3 - Continuing Education Waivers

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The board, in its discretion, may exempt from the continuing
				  education requirement, any registered veterinary technician who for reasons of
				  health, military service, or undue hardship, cannot meet those
				  requirements.
(a) A registrant may
				request a waiver from complying with the continuing education requirements. A
				request for a waiver from the continuing education requirements shall be
				submitted to the board on Form No. VMB/CE/1RVT -- 04/2011. The application
				shall include a letter explaining the reason for the waiver request in addition
				to documents that verify the request for waiver. Supporting documents shall
				include military orders and letters from treating physicians. The application
				shall be signed by the licensee under penalty of perjury. The board will notify
				the licensee, whether the waiver was granted, within seventy-five (75) working
				days after receipt of the request for waiver and supporting
				documentation.
(b) If the request
				for waiver is denied, the registrant shall complete the continuing education
				requirements as set forth in this article. If the request for waiver is
				granted, it shall be valid only for the current renewal period. The board may
				deny the request if granting the requested waiver would pose a risk to the
				health or safety of animal patients, consumers, or the public.
(c) The board shall grant the waiver if the
				registrant can provide documents, satisfactory to the board, that:
(1) For at least one year during the
				registrant's current license period the registrant was or will be absent from
				California due to military service; or
(2) For at least one year during the
				registrant's current license period the registrant is prevented from practicing
				as an RVT and from completing continuing education courses for the following
				reasons of health or undue hardship, which includes:
(A) A significant physical and/or mental
				disability of the registered veterinary technician; or
(B) A significant physical and/or mental
				disability of an individual where the registered veterinary technician has
				total responsibility for the care of that
				individual.