Every US state requires continuing education to keep a veterinary license active — but how much, how often, and what counts is decided state by state, and the numbers change. This page is the fast way to get your answer from the source, plus the two things almost every state has in common.
The two near-universal rules
1 · RACE approval travels well. The AAVSB’s RACE program (Registry of Approved Continuing Education) is the closest thing US veterinary CE has to a common currency — most state boards accept RACE-approved hours, which is why every VetBolus conference carries RACE approval and submits your attendance to RACEtrack automatically. Read how the program works at the AAVSB’s RACE page.
2 · Renewal cycles sneak up. Most states run one- or two-year renewal cycles with somewhere between roughly 10 and 30+ hours required per cycle, and many set separate requirements for veterinary technicians. Deadlines cluster around license birthdays and year-end — which is exactly when scrambling vets discover that good conferences are sold out.
Find your state board
The AAVSB maintains the authoritative directory of every state regulatory board — use their Regulatory Board Look-up, or jump from the list below.
Now the better question: where will you earn them?
Once you know your number, you have a choice: another year of webinar tabs and hotel ballrooms — or 15+ RACE-approved hours from board-certified specialists, mornings only, somewhere that fixes the burnout instead of adding to it. That’s the entire idea behind a veterinary CE vacation.
