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(a)Required Continuing Education Hours.
(1)Licensed Veterinarians. Seventeen (17) hours of
acceptable continuing education shall be required annually for renewal
of all types of Texas veterinary licenses, except as provided in subsection
(b) of this section. Veterinary licensees who successfully complete
the Texas State Board Licensing Examination shall receive credit for
17 continuing education hours for the calendar year in which they
were examined and licensed.
(2)Licensed Equine Dental Providers. Six (6) hours
of acceptable continuing education shall be required annually for
renewal of Texas equine dental provider licenses.
(3)Licensed Veterinary Technicians. Ten (10) hours
of acceptable continuing education shall be required annually for
renewal of Texas veterinary technician licenses.
(4)A licensee shall earn the required hours of acceptable
continuing education during the calendar year immediately preceding
the licensee’s application for license renewal. Should a licensee
earn acceptable continuing education hours during the year in excess
of the required hours, the licensee may carry over and apply the excess
hours to the requirement for the next year. Licensees may carry over
excess hours to the following year only, and may not carry over more
hours than the licensee is required to earn in a calendar year.
(5)Hardship extensions may be granted by appeal to
the Executive Director of the Board. The executive director shall
only consider requests for a hardship extension from licensees who
were prevented from completing the required continuing education hours
due to circumstances beyond the licensee’s control. A hardship
extension generally will not be allowed due to financial hardship
or lack of time due to a busy professional or personal schedule. Requests
for a hardship extension must be received in writing and in the Board
offices by no later than December 15. Should such extension be granted,
twice the number of hours of continuing education required for a standard
annual license renewal shall be obtained in the two-year period of
time that includes the year of insufficiency and the year of extension.
Licensees receiving a hardship extension shall maintain records of
the continuing education obtained and shall file copies of these records
with the Board by attaching the records to the license renewal application
submitted following the extension year, or by sending them to the
Board separately if the licensee submits his or her renewal application
electronically (on-line).
(6)Except as provided in subsection
(a)(1) of this section, continuing education hours obtained prior
to licensure in Texas may not be applied toward the required number
of continuing education hours.
(b) - (c)(No change.)
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on November 16, 2015
TRD-201504956 Loris Jones
Executive Assistant
Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 27, 2015
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7555
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