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.

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.

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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.