Section 2021.3 - California Curriculum - Content(a) The California curriculum shall be presented face-to-face in the state.(b) The California curriculum shall be at least 26 hours in length and its content shall include the following subjects: (1) Practicing Veterinary Medicine in California -- 4 hours(A) The Animal Industry in California1. Size & Economic Importance3. Common Wildlife (a) Special Treatment & Safety Concerns(B) Standards of Practice in California1. Ethical Considerations(C) Large Scale Disasters -- Role of the Veterinarian(D) Common Vaccination Protocols (2) Regulatory Agencies -- 5 hours (A) Veterinary Medical Board(B) California Occupational Safety & Health Administration (Cal/OSHA)(C) Department of Health Services 1. Rabies Control Regulations3. Medical Waste Management(D) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) -- Health Certificate Requirements 1. Accreditation Process/Requirements2. Health Certificate Requirements (Returned if incomplete)(E) Board of Pharmacy 1. Food-Animal Drug Retailers (Business & Professions Code Article 15)2. Dangerous Drugs (Business & Professions Code § 4022)(F) Department of Fish & Game 2. Exotic, Threatened & Endangered Species4. Rehabilitation Facilities(G) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)1. Hazardous Waste Disposal(H) Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)/California Department of Justice, Narcotics Enforcement (I) California Department of Food & Agriculture2. Disaster Preparedness & Response(3) Zoonotic Diseases/Cross Species Diseases (obtaining diagnostic samples, making a diagnosis, treatment protocols and prevention) -- 3 hours (A) Viral: Rabies, Hantavirus(B) Bacterial: feline leprosy (Mycobacterium lepraemurium), Bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis)(C) Parasitic: Ascariasis (Toxocara canis, cati, leonina), cerebrospinal nematodiasis or meningoencephalitis, (Baylisascaris procyonis) visceral larva migrans (Toxocara canis)(D) Fungal: Cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus neoformans), Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides immitis)(E) Rickettsial: Ehrlichiosis (ehrlichia canis), Q-fever (coxiella burnetti), Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (rickettsia rickettsii)(4) Diseases Associated with the California Environment (obtaining diagnostic samples, making a diagnosis, treatment protocols and prevention) -- 4 hours (A) Dangerous Plants: Foxtails(B) Poisonous Plants: Black Walnut, Bracken Fern, Fiddleneck, Mushrooms, Oak Bud, Oleander, Senecia, Yellow Star Thistle, Other Poisonous Plants(C) Poisonous Snakes, Insects, Chemicals(E) Sun Stroke, Hyperthermia, Nasal Solar Dematitis/Squamous Cell Carcinoma(5) Regionally Important Diseases of Pets in California (obtaining diagnostic samples, making a diagnosis, treatment protocols and prevention) -- 3 hours(A) Dermatitis (flea allergy, atopy, pyoderma, demodicosis, sarcoptic mange)(D) Protozoan: (Salmon poisoning)(F) Intestinal parasites (tapeworm, hookworm, coccidia, giardia, roundworm, whipworm)(6) Regionally/Economically Important Diseases of Food Animals (obtaining diagnostic samples, making a diagnosis, treatment protocols and prevention) -- 5 hours (E) Bovine Viral Diarrhea(G) Corynebacterium abscess(O) Selenium & Copper deficiencies(7) Regionally/Economically Important Diseases of Horses in California (obtaining diagnostic samples, making a diagnosis, treatment protocols and prevention) -- 2 hours(B) Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis abscess(E) Western Equine EncephalomyelitisCal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 2021.3
1. New section filed 5-10-2000; operative 6-9-2000 (Register 2000, No. 19). Note: Authority cited: Section 4808, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 4848, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 5-10-2000; operative 6-9-2000 (Register 2000, No. 19).