DEPARTMENT OF RE	GULATORY AGENCIES
State Board of Veterinary Medicine
4 CCR 727-1
VETERINARY MEDICINE RULES AND REGULATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.00  APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSURE
2.00  APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT
3.00  SPECIALTY BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
4.00  EXAMINATIONS
5.00  LICENSE RENEWALS AND REINSTATEMENTS
6.00  VETERINARY MEDICAL ETHICS AND CODE OF CONDUCT.
7.00  RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
8.00  DECLARATORY ORDERS
9.00  ADDRESS CHANGES
10.00  DEFINITION OF DENTISTRY

1.00  APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSURE.

1.01  Applicants for the national exam must complete the application required by the exam administrator NATIONAL BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS.  If the Board requires an exam in addition to or in lieu of the national exam, applicants must complete the application required by the Board.  Applicants FOR THE NATIONAL EXAM WHO ARE A SENIOR STUDENT AT AN AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AVMA) ACCREDITED VETERINARY SCHOOL OTHER THAN THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES must also submit a letter to the Board NATIONAL BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS from an approved school of veterinary medicine indicating that they will graduate within 6 months of the testing date THEIR DEAN ON SCHOOL LETTERHEAD INDICATING THEIR EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE.  APPLICANTS FOR THE NATIONAL EXAM WHO ARE A GRADUATE OF AN AVMA ACCREDITED VETERINARY SCHOOL MUST PROVIDE A FINAL TRANSCRIPT SHOWING PROOF OF DEGREE TO THE NATIONAL BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS.  Applicants FOR THE NATIONAL EXAM from non-approved foreign schools must submit a letter to the Board NATIONAL BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS from the entity responsible for the administration of the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) OR THE PROGRAM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF VETERINARY EDUCATION EQUIVALENCE (PAVE) indicating that they are currently enrolled in the ECFVG program, or the ECFVG certificate, or the PAVE Certificate (Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence) VERIFYING THEIR ENROLLMENT IN THEIR PROGRAM AND THEIR COMPLETION OF THEIR STEP 3 REQUIREMENT.

1.02  Applicants for licensure BY EXAMINATION must submit to the Board a completed application and a FINAL TRANSCRIPT SHOWING PROOF OF DEGREE OR A letter from the DEAN OF THE School/College of Veterinary Medicine or the College/University Registrar stating that the applicant has been awarded the degree doctor of veterinary medicine.  The letter must bear the seal of the institution.  The applicant must also submit evidence that they have passed the national examination.  A photograph taken within the past 12 months, signed by the applicant must be attached to the application.

1.03  Applicants FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION who graduate from non-approved Colleges of Veterinary Medicine outside of the United States or Canada must also submit a copy of their Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) or PAVE certificate or equivalent dated after July 1, 1980 as issued.

1.04  ALL Applicants for licensure by exam EXAMINATION shall pass the national exam FIRST BEFORE APPLYING FOR LICENSURE.

4.00  EXAMINATIONS.

4.01  Acceptable written or computerized national testing service examination(s) used by the Board may be examination(s) prepared by a national testing service.

4.02  The scores of the written or computerized examinations must be reported directly to the Division of Registrations by the appropriate reporting service, and then WILL BE reported DIRECTLY to the applicant BY THE NATIONAL TESTING SERVICE SELECTED BY THE BOARD TO ADMINISTER THE EXAM.

4.03  The passing score for the acceptable written or computerized national testing service examination(s) shall be the level of test performance, as determined by the Board, that represents minimal acceptable competence.  This may be a criterion referenced passing score.

4.04  In determining whether a written examination is substantially equivalent to the national examination for purposes of CRS 12-64-107(3)(c), 12-64-108(4)(a), or 12-64-108(4)(b), the Board will take into consideration the subject matter tested; the number of questions asked; how the examination was administered; whether the examination is recognized by a reliable source such as a testing service, institution, or another jurisdiction; specifications; reliability; the recency of the examination; and the minimum passing score equivalent.

4.05  The Board may, in its discretion, supplement the national examination by orally or practically examining any person qualifying for licensing.

5.00 LICENSE RENEWALS AND REINSTATEMENTS.

5.01  Renewals.

a.  The Board may prescribe renewal requirements, including compliance with the required continuing education.

b.  Pursuant to 24-34-102(8)(c), a licensee shall have a sixty-day grace period after the expiration of their license to renew such license without the imposition of a disciplinary sanction for practicing on an expired license.

c.  Pursuant to 24-79.5-102(3), a delinquency fee shall be charged for late renewals.

d.  The license of a licensee who does not renew their license within the sixty-day grace period shall expire and the licensee shall not practice until such license is reinstated.  If the licensee has practiced with an expired license, the Board may impose disciplinary actions.

5.02  Reinstatements.

a.  An expired license may be reinstated by submitting a reinstatement application and paying a reinstatement fee.

b.  If the license has been expired for more than two years, the licensee shall pay a reinstatement fee and provide satisfactory proof of the completion of all delinquent continuing education.

c.  If the license has been expired for more than five years, the licensee shall pay a reinstatement fee, submit proof of completion of all delinquent continuing education, and the Board may require them to retake the national examination, or take any other measures pursuant to CRS 24-34-102 (8) (d) that the Board determines is necessary.  Exceptions may be made because of military service duty.

5.03  Reactivation.

a.  A licensee may request to inactivate their license.  If the license becomes inactive, it still must be renewed, but the licensee need not take continuing education during the inactive period.  Should the licensee desire to re-activate their license within a three year period after becoming inactive, they must file a form to reactivate, pay the proper fees and document evidence of all cumulative required continuing education hours.

b.  If the licensee has been in inactive status for longer than three years, they must file a form to reactivate, pay the proper fees, and retake the national exam.  If the licensee can document that they have maintained an active license in good standing in another state during the period that the Colorado license has been inactive, they need not re-take the national exam.  Good standing in this situation means that the licensee has no pending or standing disciplinary actions.

5.04  Continuing Education.

a.  If a renewal date occurs during the year of original Colorado licensure, continuing education will not be required for the first renewal.  If the renewal date occurs the year after original licensure, the registrant shall obtain 16 hours of continuing education prior to the biennial renewal.

b.  Board approved veterinary education programs shall include, but not be limited to meetings of:

(1)  American Veterinary Medical Association.

(2)  American Animal Hospital Association.

(3)  American Association of Equine Practitioners.

(4)  American Association of Bovine Practitioners.

(5)  American Association of Swine Practitioners.

(6)  American Association of Sheep and Goat Practitioners.

(7)  Other allied groups of the AVMA holding meetings with scientific medical content.

(8)  Regional Veterinary Medical Association Conferences.

(9)  Local or state association meetings or university sponsored annual conferences for veterinarians with veterinary medicine medical content.

(10)  Board approved postgraduate studies, courses and seminars.

(11) Programs sponsored by recognized veterinary associations, schools of veterinary medicine, established educational groups, and industry sponsored educational programs.  The sponsors must have a mechanism for recording and submitting attendance information to the Board.

(12)  With Board approval, auto tutorial programs may be substituted.

(13)  Subject to the final approval of the Board, the Secretary of the Board may rule in regard to the approval of other meetings or programs.

c.  The Board may approve no more than six (6) hours of continuing education credit per licensing period for practice management based presentations including but not limited to leadership training, personnel management, client relations, communication training and integrated resource management principles.

Those presentations dealing with financial based subjects including but not limited to bookkeeping procedures, financial planning, retirement planning, and insurance programs will not be approved as acceptable continuing education.

No presentation that is primarily promotional in nature regardless of subject material will be acceptable.

D..THOSE LICENSEES WHO HOLD AN ACADEMIC VETERINARIAN LICENSE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THESE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.