# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 14 — Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

### Chapter 16 — Continuing Education Requirements for Registered Veterinary Technicians

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 15.14.16.02*

A. “AVMA” means the American Veterinary Medical Association.

B. “Board” means the Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

C. “Committee” means the Veterinary Technician Committee of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

D. “Continuing education courses” means courses that offer credit hours and includes seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, and other programs that offer credit hours.

E. “Credit hour” means 1 program hour.

F. “Unused credit hour” means a credit hour which a practitioner earned in a given licensing year but did not use toward fulfilling the continuing education requirement for that year.