Thanks for choosing to renew your registration as a CCAB.
Renewal Window and Registration Period
Renewals are made annually to cover the period 1st January to 31st December. The online renewal process is outlined below.
The deadline for submitting annual renewals, to include all supporting documentation, is the last day of February. After that date, the online renewal window closes and clinicians who chose not to renew will be removed from the register.
Renewal Fees
Consulting and Non-Consulting Clinicians: £60.
Retired Clinicians: £20
Clinicians who inadvertently miss the deadline due to extenuating circumstances should contact us at renewals@ccab.uk . Please note that applications for a manual renewal after the deadline will be considered at our discretion, and if accepted, will incur a 100% surcharge to cover additional administration costs.
How to make your renewal application
If your status is one of the following, you can skip to Step 3 below:
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retired
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an RCVS (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine
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an EVBS (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation) Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine
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an ACVB (American College of Veterinary Behaviourists) Diplomat
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an FANZCVS (Veterinary Behaviour) i.e. Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Veterinary Behaviour)
All other practitioners, including vets and RCVS Advanced Practitioners (Companion Animal Behaviour) need to complete Steps 1 to 3 below.
Step 1:
Download and save the CPD and Case Log template from here, and log your annual CPD* in the first sheet. Before completing your CPD record, please carefully review the requirements in the section below called 'CPD and Case Log Requirements'.
Commencing January 2025 we will ask you to submit a simple Case Log in addition to your CPD Log .
Step 2:
Submit your CPD by emailing your completed template to renewals@ccab.uk.
Step 3:
Complete your renewal payment online using the application and payment forms below. If you need to complete Steps 1 and 2, do not make payment before submitting your CPD , because we can't process your renewal without it, even though your online payment will be accepted.
CPD and Case Log Requirements
CPD Requirements
Consulting and non-consulting clinicians are required to demonstrate 30 hours of CPD per renewal period. CPD Activities should be from three or more of the following categories, at least one of which must be from categories 1-3, with no more than 5 hours from category 6.
Category 1: Short Courses on Professional Issues
Category 2: Seminars and Conferences
Category 3: Study for Further Qualifications
Category 4: Encouraging the Development of Others
Category 5: Committee Work / Meetings
Category 6: Personal Development
Please be mindful to complete all sections of the template, including the reflection; these are required (and checked) by practitioner organisations.
Consulting versus non-Consulting status: Case Log Requirements
To qualify for the Consulting Register, practicing clinicians are required to have led on a minimum of 20 vet-referred cases per period of renewal. Please log your cases throughout 2024 on the second sheet of the CPD and Case Log template.
Maintaining your multi-species status: CPD and Case Log Requirements
In order to uphold our high standards of species-specific skills, we also require a minimum case-load per species for which you are registered.
For cats, dogs, and horses/other equids, this minimum is 20 cases per rolling 3 year period.
For example:
If you see both dogs and cats you could meet the requirements with the following case load:
Year 1: 10 dogs and 10 cats
Year 2: 18 dogs and 2 cats
Year 3: 12 dogs and 8 cats
If you see dogs, cats, and horses/other equids, you could meet the requirements with the following case load:
Year 1: 7 dogs, 7 cats, 6 horses
Year 2: 6 dogs, 7 cats, and 7 horses
Year 3: 7 dogs, 6 cats, and 7 horses
For any other species (including but not limited to rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, and reptiles) the minimum is 10 cases per rolling 3 year period plus 5 hours of species-specific CPD per year. This 5 hours counts towards your minimum 30 hours total CPD. If you see 20 cases in any of these species over the rolling 3 year period, the 5 hours species-specific CPD is not required.
Exceptions and changes in circumstances e.g. career breaks
Consulting Clinicians who time away from work (e.g. for reasons such as parental leave, illness, caring for relatives, or a career break) for 12 months or more should move to the Non-consulting register. For breaks less than 12 months, Consulting Clinicians need to adhere to the above Case Load requirements for renewal, else move to the Non-Consulting register.
Both Consulting and Non-consulting Clinicians are required to maintain their CPD. This is to ensure they keep themselves up to date in their chosen field.
Whether consulting or non-consulting, if you have been unable to fulfil the Case Load and/or CPD requirements due to extenuating circumstances please send a supporting email to renewals@ccab.uk outlining the reasons for this, so the committee can consider your renewal. Examples of extenuating circumstances that might be accepted include accident or illness.
CCABs that are on the ‘retired’ register for more than a year who wish to return to the Non-Consulting or Consulting register will be required to undergo full re-assessment (with associated fees).
Refunds
Having completed your renewal payment, if you change your mind or have made a mistake, please contact us at renewals@ccab.uk within 14 days of payment, thank-you.