General
Continuing Education Information
Veterinarians
are required to have 20 hours of continuing education credits annually.
Veterinary Technicians are required to have 12 hours of continuing education credits every two years. Based on year of Registration.
Three hours
of computer based training relating to the practice veterinary medicine will be
accepted during a renewal cycle, this is in accordance with Administrative Code
.0206 (4). The Board does not accept correspondence styled programs for
continuing education credits or attendance in exhibit halls.
Continuing
education credits not obtained during the current calendar year will incur a
$50.00 penalty and delay the renewal of those licenses or registrations.
University/College
Internships programs need to have prior Board approval before being used as continuing education credit. Written
Information and documentation on the program should be
submitted to the Board office.
A written
request for an extension of time to obtain continuing education credit may be
granted if the Individual can provide evidence of an incapacitating illness or
evidence of other circumstance which constituted a
severe and verifiable hardship. For more information
see Renewing, Reinstatement,
and Inactive status of License/Registration.
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The Board recommends an individual who is interested in continuing education credit contact the Provider of the program first to see if pre-approval has been granted by NCVMB.
Ask the Provider to take steps to gain
prior approval for continuing education programs. In cases where the continuing
education program is not
"main
stream" an individual may inquire if a program can be used as continuing
education credit by mailing the form below with the program information to the
Board office.
Click here for form requesting if program can be use for
continuing education credit by an individual
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Providers of Continuing Education Programs
seeking
pre-approval from N.C.V.M.B.
Information on pograms need to be submitted by
mail to the Board office a minimum 7 days prior to the presentation. Not all
continuing education programs can be approved for credit
as topics must be related to the practice of veterinary medicine. Credit for
continuing education is based on 1 hour (60 minutes)
of lecture, wet-lab, laboratory, etc., attended. The Board will not approve
attendance to exhibit halls. Computer based programs by law will only be
approved for a maximum of 3 credit hours. Some
educational training provided during presentations can not be preformed by
anyone other than a
The written request from Providers will need to to include an agenda or outline with presentation dates, start and stop times, speaker names, location, title & topic to be presented, and the Provider's contact name, telephone, and mailing address.
Providers are required to
present each individual who has completed the program with a certificate
showing the number of credit hours as approved by the N.C. Board. The Board
recommends that each individual sign-in to the program, and request a copy of
the sign-in list be provided by mail to the office.
Approval of future programs also depends on complying with Board requirements.
Failure to do could result in approval of programs to be withdrawn. Should any
changes be made to the continuing education program the Board will need to have
prior notification in writing of those changes.
Below is a form to help
Providers with the pre-approval request for continuing education credit.