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USDA May Accredit 60,000
Veterinarians in Revised NVAP
Veterinarians who haven’t signed up
with the Department of Agriculture’s revised accreditation
program by early August can expect their existing accreditation
to expire.
The USDA set an Aug. 2 deadline for
applications under the revised National Veterinary Accreditation
Program, which allows veterinarians to perform specific duties
for the USDA.
Veterinarians who submitted
applications may continue performing accredited duties. Unless
their forms contain errors, applicants will not be contacted by
the USDA until they receive letters with their national
accreditation numbers and renewal dates, Madelaine Fletcher, a
spokeswoman for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, said.
The new NVAP adds educational
requirements, two tiers of accreditation, and renewals every
three years. The USDA is distributing the initial renewal dates
from 2013-2015.
The first tier of accreditation,
called category I, allows veterinarians to perform specific
duties for the USDA involving animals such as cats and dogs but
not food and fiber species, horses, birds, farm-raised aquatic
animals, other livestock, or zoo animals that can transmit
exotic animal diseases to livestock. The second tier, category
II, allows such work on all animals.
The USDA will later have program
certifications or specialized training.
Additional information is available at
www.aphis.usda.gov!animaLhealthjvecaccreditation. |
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