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Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine

CE Review Requests for Attendees

The Louisiana Veterinary Practice Act requires all licensees to complete a certain amount of continuing education hours each year in order to maintain their Louisiana credentials. While the Board may accept most CE activities which are accepted by another state’s regulatory board of veterinary medicine, a governmental entity, and AAVSB’s RACE program as well as those programs sponsored by AVMA accredited schools of veterinary medicine and/or any professional associations recognized by the board, the Board also can review CE activity not already pre-approved by the Board such as in-house CE activities or non-RACE-approved CE activity.

Any program that is RACE-approved does not need additional LBVM-approval. If you are unsure whether or not a CE activity is accepted by the Board or if you would like to your CE activity reviewed by the Board, please submit the CE Review Request Form.

All CE activity not on the LBVM Pre-Approved CE Activity List must be submitted for pre-approval at least 14 days prior to the date of the activity for the hours to be accepted. All CE activity must be open by invitation/advertisement to all interested licensees for which the Board approves. CE activity must be resubmitted for review for each fiscal year.

Please allow at minimum 5-7 business days for your approval request to be reviewed. If your request requires full Board review, the review time can be significantly longer since the Board only meets every other month.

Proof of Attendance Requirements

If a CE Sponsor’s request is approved by the LBVM, the sponsor will receive a CE Reporting Form from the Board which must be distributed by the sponsor to all participants once the CE program is complete. This form will include all required details for reporting purposes.

Board rules require that Proof of Attendance Forms/Certificates for any CE activity not pre-approved by the LBVM – such as RACE-approved activity – MUST include all of the following details:

  • the attendee’s full name;
  • the name of the course/program;
  • the name of the sponsor and/or presenter;
  • the date(s) of attendance;
  • the total number of hours completed;
  • the delivery method; and
  • the specific subject matter completed.

NOTE: Proof of Attendance Forms must specify the delivery format of CE hours, specifically whether the activity was attended in-person or online in accordance to the LBVM’s rules. “Live, interactive”, hybrid is NOT an acceptable definition for a delivery method.

RACE Programs often list all of the approved delivery methods on the certificates; this is NOT acceptable by the Board. CE Certificates must include the delivery method in which the hours are earned.

CE Review Request Form

CE Review Request for Attendees

Please submit the following details to request approval of a CE seminar or conference as an attendee.

Your Full Name * required
Your Full Name
First Name
Last Name
Please enter in (999)999-9999 format.
Which license or certificate do you hold in Louisiana?
Type of Continuing Education Program
Please indicate if this CE opportunity is approved by one these entities below or select the “Not Approved” option if it is not approved anywhere else. * required
Separate jurisdictions/states by semicolon.
Separate jurisdictions/states by semicolon.
Separate presenters with semicolon.
Is this a single day or multiple date event? * required
Is this activity scheduled at least 14 days from today? * required

CE activity may not be approved if it is submitted for review less than 14 days prior to the date of the program.

Format: MM-DD-YYYY
Format: MM-DD-YYYY
Format: MM-DD-YYYY
Please give the start & end date for each day of the CE program.
CE credit is given in 15 minute increments. One CE hour is earned for a 60-minute presentation.
Delivery Method

Virtual interactive meetings conducted via Zoom or other online platforms are still considered as “Online” and not in-person CE.

In-person CE is defined as physical attendance.

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