Continuing Education

What is required?
Licensed Veterinarians are required to complete a minimum of 15 Continuing Education Credits
per calendar year to renew their license.

Minimum of 9 CE credits must be INTERACTIVE. To be accepted, the following criteria must be met:

  • The instruction must occur in real time (live in person or via online live stream).
  • There is required interaction between the licensee and the instructor.

This can include in-person conferences, interactive conferences, webinars or online workshops as long as they meet requirements above.

Maximum of 6 can be NON-INTERACTIVE.

  • This can include home study and pre-recorded webinars.
Has the Board of Registration of Veterinary Medicine relaxed guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic?


At this time the board has not changed or amended any requirements for CE. All of your CE can be completed online. For full guidelines, click here.

Veterinarians licensed in other New England states:

Good news! The MVMA is also an approved provider of CE for the following New England States:

Connecticut (refer to Board of Registration list HERE)
Maine (refer to Board of Registration list HERE)
New Hampshire (refer to Board of Registration list HERE)
Rhode Island (refer to Board of Registration list HERE)
Vermont (refer to Board of Registration list HERE)

Upcoming MVMA CE Conferences

2023 MVMA Interactive CE Events

2023 In-Person CE Event - REGISTER NOW!
October 28 - 29 at the SeaCrest Beach Hotel in Falmouth

Sponsor or Exhibit

Click here for information on sponsoring or exhibiting at an MVMA program.