Sec. 801.307. CONTINUING EDUCATION. (a) The board by rule shall establish a minimum number of hours of continuing education required to renew a license to practice veterinary medicine or work as a licensed veterinary technician. The board shall require six hours of continuing education annually to renew an equine dental provider license.
(b) The board may:
(1) establish general categories of continuing education that meet the needs of license holders; and
(2) require a license holder to successfully complete continuing education courses.
(c) The board may require a license holder who does not complete the required number of hours of continuing education in a year to make up the missed hours in later years. Hours required to be made up in a later year are in addition to the hours normally required to be completed in that year.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 27 (S.B. 407), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (H.B. 414), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 481 (S.B. 1312), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.
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