Eastern Veterinary Technician Association
Continuing Education Credit Record for Registered Veterinary Technicians
Membership Year:______________
EVTA#_____________
Name (include maiden name if applicable): ______________________________
Home Address: _________________________________________________
Postal Code: __________________ Home phone number:_________________
Employer: ____________________ Work phone number:_________________
Work address: __________________________________________________
Date of Registration Exam: __________________ Location:_______________
Graduation Year/ School: __________________ RVT Certificate #:_________
Current Email Address: ____________________________________________
(*REMEMBER CE is for previous year)
Date
Of CE
Function
Contact Person
Phone #
Credit
Value
You will need to submit 15 hours of CE which will be due before June 1.
When these have been accumulated please submit with your membership dues on or before June 1
Please forward this record & proofs of attendance to the following address.
EVTA
146 East Street
Port Hood, NS B0E 2W0 bev@evta.ca
(902) 787-2437
Sept/13
Maintaining your RVT Status
RVT’s are required to accumulate fifteen (15) continuing education hours over a one (1) year
period & maintain membership in their provincial association in order to maintain their
registered status. Those individuals who have written and passed the National Exam, but have
not acquired the 15 CE hours must rewrite the examination to regain their registered status.
**Please note: Files can not be updated if membership is not kept current.
Continuing Education credits must be related to the Veterinary Technician profession and will
be awarded as listed below:
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Conferences (full or half day) and seminars
Published article (non peer reviewed)
Published article (peer reviewed article)
Public Education (to promote profession)*
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Guest Speaking (AHT related functions)*
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1.0 hour for each hour of learning
2.0 hours
10.0 hours
1.0 hour for each hour of presentation
+ 1.0 hour preparation time
1.0 hour for each hour of presentation
+ 1.0 hour preparation time
Quizzes (TechLife, TechNews,
Veterinary Technician)
0.5 hour/quiz
TechNews quizzes must be sent to the OAVT for marking. Veterinary Technician quizzes must
be sent back to the magazine for marking. REMEMBER TO ALLOW 6-8 WEEKS TO PROCESS
YOUR RESULTS !!
 EVTA meetings
1.0 hour
 EVTA accepts RACE hours - One RACE hour is equal to 1 EVTA CE hour
 Other **
To be reviewed by CE Coordinator
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*Guest speaking and public education may not account for more than seven (7) of your 15 total
hours. These activities must be volunteer in nature – paid speaking will not be accepted.
**CE opportunities not previously assessed by the EVTA must be submitted to the CE
Coordinator one (1) month in advance to determine value. If this process is not followed, the
EVTA may not issue credit for the event.
Individuals must contact the CE Coordinator to discuss extenuating circumstances which
prevent them from acquiring their CE credits. The executive will review these circumstances
and if deemed worthy, a “grace period” may be granted. Terms of the grace period will be set
on an individual basis.
Sept/13