D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-2811

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 36, September 6, 2024
Rule 17-2811 - REACTIVATION
2811.1

The requirements of this section shall apply to licensees under this chapter who have been in inactive status and seeks reactivation of their license in accordance with § 511 of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11.

2811.2

To qualify for reactivation of a license, an applicant whose license has been inactive five (5) years or less and does not hold an active veterinary license in any other jurisdiction shall have completed, for each year that the applicant was not licensed, eighteen (18) hours of continuing education in compliance with §§ 2807 and 2808, which shall include two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education, and ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate.

2811.3

To qualify for reactivation of a license, an applicant whose license has been inactive for more than 5 (five) years and who does not hold an active veterinary license in any other jurisdiction shall have completed the following:

(a) Ninety (90) hours of continuing education in compliance with §§ 2807 and 2808, including two (2) hours LGBTQ continuing education, provided further that thirty-six (36) hours of the required continuing education shall have been completed within two (2) years prior to the date the application is submitted and ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate; and
(b) Four hundred (400) hours of supervised and mentored practice under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian within the three (3) months prior to the date the application is submitted.
2811.4

An applicant for reactivation of a veterinary license who holds and has maintained an active license in any other jurisdiction shall not be required to submit proof of continuing education with the application.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-2811

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2226, 2231 (March 25, 1988); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 7717 (8/6/2021)