West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 26 - Veterinary Medicine › Title 26 - PROCEDURAL RULES WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE › Series 26-05 - Certified Animal Euthanasia Technicians › Section 26-5-6 - Certified Animal Euthanasia Technician Registration Renewal

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. The Board shall notify each certified
				animal euthanasia technician that his or her certification will expire on
				December 31 but failure to receive the notification does not exempt a
				certificate holder from meeting the requirements of this rule.
6.2 A certified animal euthanasia technician
				who desires to continue to be certified shall, starting October 1 through
				December 31 of each year, renew his or her certification by completing the
				required certification renewal, paying the annual renewal fee as specified in
				the Schedule of Fees, and certify to the Board that he or she has completed all
				continuing education requirements.
6.3. A certified animal euthanasia technician
				who desires to continue his or her certification in good standing to practice
				animal euthanasia technology shall undertake at least 6 (50 minute) units of
				Board approved continuing education units in the field of animal euthanasia
				technology during each calendar year. Classroom or online courses will be
				permitted. No periods may be accumulated, carried forward, or held over past
				the calendar year in which the hours of continuing education were
				completed.
6.4. The Board may
				provide a continuing education course annually for certified animal euthanasia
				technicians as specified in the Schedule of Fees.
6.5. Certificate holders are required to
				maintain original documents verifying the date and subject of the program or
				course, the number of continuing education hours or credits, and certification
				from an approved sponsor. Original documents must be maintained for a period of
				two years following renewal.
6.6.
				The Board may grant continuing education hardship extensions by request of the
				certificate holder. The Board shall only consider hardship extensions from
				certificate holders who the Board determines were prevented from completing the
				required continuing education hours within the year due to verified medical
				emergencies or military obligations beyond the certificate holder's control.
				Requests for a hardship extension must be received in the Board's office by
				December 15.
6.7. If an extension
				is granted by the Board for completion of approved continuing education hours,
				the technician shall file the renewal application with the renewal fee. The
				Board shall renew the certificate contingent upon the certificate holder
				completing the mandatory continuing education within a period determined by the
				Board from the current year's expiration date of December 31.
6.8. The renewal certificate in hardship
				extension, shall be issued for the period required to complete the mandatory
				continuing education, and shall be extended to December 31 upon receipt of
				acceptable written documentation of completing the continuing education. The
				continuing education hours completed during the extension period shall not be
				applied toward satisfaction of continuing education in the year completed and
				shall be separate from continuing education requirements for current year
				renewals.
6.9. An animal euthanasia
				technician issued a hardship extension for completion of continuing education
				shall submit documentation of completion prior to the end of the Board approved
				extension period. Continued practice past the authorized extension period
				without a written renewal certificate from the Board constitutes the practice
				of animal euthanasia technology without a certificate.
6.10. Upon receipt of the completed renewal
				application and fee, the Board shall issue a renewal certificate bearing the
				number of the certification, the period for which the certification is renewed,
				and any other information the Board considers necessary.
6.11. Certifications issued by the Board
				shall be posted in a place conspicuous to the public at the establishment where
				animal euthanasia technology is being provided.
6.12. Certified animal euthanasia technicians
				shall notify the Board of any change of address, and forward the notice to the
				Board no later than the effective date of the change of address.