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(a)Acceptable Continuing Education.
(1)Continuing Education hours shall be acceptable
if they relate to clinical matters. For veterinary licensees, continuing
education hours shall be acceptable if they relate to practice management.
(2)Acceptable continuing education hours shall be
earned by:
(A)veterinary licensees and licensed veterinary technicians
attending meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by the American Veterinary
Medical Association (AVMA), AVMA's affiliated state veterinary medical
associations and/or their continuing education organizations, AVMA
recognized specialty groups, regional veterinary medical associations,
local veterinary medical associations, and AVMA-accredited veterinary
medical colleges and veterinary technician programs;
(B)equine dental provider licensees attending meetings
sponsored or co-sponsored by the International Association of Equine
Dentistry;
(C)veterinary licensees taking correspondence courses
that require the licensee to take a test at the conclusion of the
course and yield a certificate of completion;
(D)all licensees participating in verifiable, monitored
on-line and video programs or other telecommunication discussions that
yield a certificate of completion and meet the following minimum
standards:
(i)Inclusion of the following interactive experiences:
(I)direct, two-way verbal communication between attendees
and the instructor at all times;
(II)direct, two-way verbal communication
between attendees at all times; and
(III)visual communication with the instructor;
(ii)The ability to document active participation by
attendees through:
(I)verbal interaction and software documentation;
and
(II)the use of real time on-line surveys that promote
audience interaction and document the attendance and engagement of
the participants;
(E)all licensees' self study, through any form of
continuing education from which the licensee does not receive a certificate
of completion, including reading articles in professional journals
or periodicals, listening to audio tapes or CD's or viewing video
tapes or similar devices that transmit a video image; or
(F)any other methods approved by the Executive Director
and a Board member appointed by the Board president, by an advisory
committee appointed by the Board president, or approved for veterinary
licensees and licensed veterinary technicians by the Registry of Approved
Continuing Education (RACE) of the American Association of Veterinary
State Boards (AAVSB).
(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 May 27, 2016
TRD-201602720 Loris Jones
Executive Assistant
Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: July 10, 2016
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7563
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