Veterinary Medicine Continuing Education

Continuing education is to be recorded within CE Broker, the online tracking system selected by the Board. Please follow these simple step-by-step instructions to establish your account:

• Go to https://www.cebroker.com and click "Account Options." 
• Select "Georgia" for this state and register for the account of your choosing. You can register for the No Cost, Basic Limited Access Account with just your license number. The Basic Account will allow you to report continuing education activities, see your current Compliance Status, and search for courses. You may opt to use CE Broker's paid Concierge and Professional Account services, but those services are voluntary and not required by this Board.
• Once you have created your account and logged into the system, click "Report CE", and locate the option that is most applicable to what you are recording. You will need to answer a few questions and then attach the documentation that the Board requires. If you are using the mobile application to submit your documentation into the system, you may take a picture of your documentation and upload it via your phone or tablet. 

YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE COURSES YOU LIST OR RECORD IF YOU DO NOT LOAD THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WHICH REPRESENT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND COMPLETION OF THE COURSE. 

Please note that you will not be able to submit a renewal application if your activities and courses are not recorded within CE Broker prior to attempting to submit a renewal application to the Board. Additionally, a failure to complete CE requirements before the expiration date of the license constitutes a failure to demonstrate the qualifications or standards for the license, in which case, the Board may deny renewal of the license.

To receive continuing education credit for any course, the course and the CE Provider must meet the approval of the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine in accordance with Board Rules. Courses on laws, ethics, and professionalism (LEAP) must also be located on the list of approved VET CE Providers in order for a licensee to receive credit at renewal for completing the course. Please visit Report Services to view the list of CE Providers and Courses approved by the GSBVM. 

NOTE: CE Broker DOES NOT approve any continuing education courses on behalf of the GSBVM; therefore, licensees must not assume that a course located on CE Broker's course search will meet CE requirements for renewal. You must review the Board Rules to ensure that all courses are approved and are offered by a CE Provider approved by the GSBVM.

All Veterinary CE Providers seeking the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine's approval and the approval of their courses offerings must comply with Board Rule 700-7-.03 and 700-7-.04. The GSBVM must approve all CE Providers and courses offering credit toward meeting the laws, ethics and professionalism (LEAP) CE requirements for licensees.  Please review the How To Guide for Veterinary Continuing Education Providers. Applications are void after 60 days from the date of notification of application deficiencies. If all required supplemental documents are not received within that 60-day window, your application will be withdrawn and you will need to re-apply. 

NOTE: Veterinary CE Providers may be assessed a monetary penalty or be subject to additional action by the Board if the first date the course is to be offered is within 60 days of the date the application for approval was submitted and/or the provider fails to comply with Board Rules. 

Applicants will receive written correspondence from the Board regarding any decision to grant or deny approval.

Veterinary CE Providers must provide a method of attendance tracking, if the course is held in-person the location and address, and the program evaluation method or instrument.

1. Method of Attendance Tracking - Digital attendance tracking must be detailed in the Program Materials if the program is provided via electronic means and attendee engagement should be measured throughout the meeting. For example-- multiple content-related polls are randomly distributed throughout the presentation and can be used as a means of monitoring attendance. Poll results are available to CE provider that indicate the name of each answering attendee and which answer they have selected.
    
2. Facility/Location - If the event is to take place in-person, the address where the course will be offered should be entered into the Program Information section of the application. The facility location address that is on the application should be the address of the sponsoring entity.
    
3. The Evaluation Method is required for all events, live or virtual.  The evaluation method is not for the course attendees to be tested on course subject matter. It is an evaluation given to course attendees by program administrators for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the material presented. The intent is to benefit the provider for the purpose of creating better programs in the future. You do not submit the completed evaluations to the Board.
   
   The information provided is what you are asking the program attendees about the program itself.  For example, effectiveness of the speakers, location, material presented.  It is usually a questionnaire. You may provide a screen shot of that evaluation method with its URL on the top of the page if your program is only offered online and your evaluation method is provided in this format.  
    
4. Adding Additional Program Dates: If you need to add additional dates that you would like to offer a course that has already been approved by the Board, you will need to download the paper CE Program Application Form from the board website, complete it, list the additional dates, and notate the assigned approval code that is associated with the original approved program date(s). The completed form should be emailed to [email protected].