1. (a) The licensee shall obtain a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education during the immediately preceding 24 months of the date of renewal as set forth in RSA 332-B:13, III with a minimum of 6 hours earned per each 12-month period preceding the renewal.

2. (b) Continuing education courses shall be a course sponsored or approved by one of the following organizations:

   1. (1) The American Association of Veterinary State Boards, Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE);
   2. (2) American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA);
   3. (3) American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP);
   4. (4) American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP);
   5. (5) American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP);
   6. (6) American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP);
   7. (7) American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians (AAFHV);
   8. (8) American Association of Industrial Veterinarians (AAIV);
   9. (9) American Association of Rehabilitative Veterinarians (AARV);
   10. (10) American Association of Small Ruminant practitioners (AASRP);
   11. (11) American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV);
   12. (12) American Association of Veterinary Clinicians (AAVC);
   13. (13) American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP);
   14. (14) American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (ABVT);
   15. (15) American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM);
   16. (16) American College of Poultry Veterinarians (ACPV);
   17. (17) American College of Theriogenologists (ACT);
   18. (18) American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ACRAA);
   19. (19) American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB);
   20. (20) American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology (ACVCP);
   21. (21) American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD);
   22. (22) American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVCC);
   23. (23) American College of Veterinary lnternal Medicine (ACVIM);
   24. (24) American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM);
   25. (25) American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN);
   26. (26) American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO);
   27. (27) American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP);
   28. (28) American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM);
   29. (29) American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR);
   30. (30) American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS);
   31. (31) American College of Zoological Medicine (ACVZM);
   32. (32) American Embryo Transfer Association (AETA);
   33. (33) American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP);
   34. (34) American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC);
   35. (35) American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA);
   36. (36) Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV);
   37. (37) Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference (ACVC);
   38. (38) Fetch dvm360 Conference;
   39. (39) International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM);
   40. (40) National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians;
   41. (41) North American Veterinary Community (NAVC), including Veterinary Meeting and Expo (VMX);
   42. (42) Penn State Dairy Production Medicine (certificate programs);
   43. (43) State and Regional Veterinary Medical Associations;
   44. (44) US Animal Health Association (USAHA);
   45. (45) Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Society (VECCS);
   46. (46) Veterinary Orthopedic Society (VOS); and
   47. (47) Western Veterinary Conference (WVC).
3. (c) A minimum of 24 hours per renewal shall be medical courses with a maximum of 6 hours earned in non-medical courses including practice management, professional development, and professional wellness.
4. (d) A maximum of 6 credits shall be from programs accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
5. (e) A maximum of 4 hours shall be in complementary and alternative veterinary therapies.
6. (f) At least one hour shall be in the content area of medical records, law, or ethics.
7. (g) At least one hour shall be in the area of opioid use or prescribing of opioids.
8. (h) A maximum of one contact hour of continuing education for professional wellness per biennium.
9. (i) A minimum of 50% of continuing education hours shall be obtained through in person or simultaneously interactive remote learning.
10. (j) No more than 50% of the required continuing education shall be through passive prerecorded learning.

11. (k) Documentation of continuing education courses shall be:

    1. (1) A certificate of attendance containing the following information:

       1. a. Name of organization providing or sponsoring the course;
       2. b. Date of the course;
       3. c. Title of the course;
       4. d. Name of speaker; and
       5. e. Number of hours earned at the course;
    2. (2) Proof of completion of a course approved by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards, RACE shall have the RACE number printed on it in addition to the information described in (1) above; and
    3. (3) Maintained for no less than 3 years.

12. (l) Continuing education courses not approved by organizations listed in (c) above shall be submitted to the board for preapproval and be considered appropriate for approval if the course is:

    1. (1) Specific to the licensee’s practice type or location; and
    2. (2) Designed to enhance the licensee’s veterinary skills;
13. (m) Requests for approval of continuing education described in (k) above shall be submitted to the board a minimum of 10 weeks in advance of attendance.
14. (n) Requests for continuing education credits for international conferences that are not RACE approved shall be submitted to the board a minimum of 10 weeks in advance of attendance accompanied by proof of the host country’s certification organization showing that the organization is equivalent to RACE.

Source. #7418, eff 12-21-00, EXPIRED: 12-21-08 New. #9464-B, eff 4-23-09, EXPIRED: 4-23-17 New. #12842, INTERIM, eff 8-1-19, EXPIRED: 1-28-20 New. #13235, EMERGENCY, eff 7-15-21, EXPIRED: 1-11-22 New. #13557, eff 3-1-23