This section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a veterinary technician certificate, subject to Subsection 11211.2.
This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial certificate by examination or endorsement, nor does it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a certificate.
To qualify for the renewal of a certificate, an applicant shall have completed fourteen (14) hours of approved continuing education, including two (2) hours of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, or Gay ("LGBTQ") continuing education, during the two (2) year period preceding the date the license expires. 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 necessary.
To qualify for the reinstatement of a certificate in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.12, an applicant shall have completed seven (7) hours of approved continuing education for each year during which the certificate remains expired, provided that two (2) of the total hours of continuing education required shall be 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 necessary with notice provided.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-11211