There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Veterinary Medical Board in which the administration of this chapter is vested. The board consists of seven members, three of whom shall...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Veterinary Medical Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of...
Each member, except the public members, shall be a graduate of some veterinary college authorized by law to confer degrees, a bona fide resident of this state for a period of at least...
The members of the board shall hold office for a term of four years. Each member shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year shall...
The Governor may, in his judgment, remove any member of the board for neglect of duty or other sufficient cause, after due notice and hearing....
The board shall elect a president, vice president, and any other officers of the board as shall be necessary, from its membership. The Attorney General shall act as counsel for the board and...
The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board...
The executive officer of the board may administer oaths or affirmations upon matters pertaining to the business of the board. Any person willfully making any false oath or affirmation is...
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
Four members of the board constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the board....
The board may in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, adopt, amend, or repeal such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry into...
The board shall keep an official record of its meetings, and it shall also keep an official register of all applicants for licenses. The register shall be prima facie evidence of...
The board may at any time inspect the premises in which veterinary medicine, veterinary dentistry, or veterinary surgery is being practiced....
The enforcement of Sections 4809.5 and 4854 of this chapter is a function exclusively reserved to the Veterinary Medical Board and the state has preempted and occupied this field of...
The board shall establish a regular inspection program which will provide for random, unannounced inspections....
As used in this chapter: (a) Board means the Veterinary Medical Board. (b) Committee or examining committee means the Registered Veterinary Technician Examining Committee. ...
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act....
It is unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine or any branch thereof in this State unless at the time of so doing, such person holds a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked...
These definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter as it applies to veterinary medicine. (a) Diagnosis means the act or process of identifying or determining the health status of...
Any person practices veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, and the various branches thereof, when he or she does any one of the following: (a) Represents himself or herself as engaged...
A veterinarian who on his or her own initiative, at the request of an owner, or at the request of someone other than the owner, renders emergency treatment to a sick or injured animal at...
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veterinarian, registered veterinary technician, or an unregistered assistant working under the supervision of a veterinarian, may...
Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from: (a) Practicing veterinary medicine as a bona fide owner of one's own animals. This exemption applies to the following: (1) The...
All veterinarians actually engaged and employed as veterinarians by the state, or a county, city, corporation, firm or individual are practicing veterinary medicine and shall secure...
Any license granted to any person to practice veterinary medicine, or any branch thereof, in this State issued under any preceding act relating to veterinary medicine shall remain in force until...
This chapter does not apply to: (a) Veterinarians while serving in any armed branch of the military service of the United States or the United States Department of Agriculture while...
Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a dog has been injured or killed through participation in a staged animal fight, as prescribed in Section 597b of...
Any person, who violates or aids or abets in violating any of the provisions of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less...
(a) The board shall establish an advisory committee on issues pertaining to the practice of veterinary technicians, that shall be known as the Registered Veterinary Technician...
(a) The board shall establish an advisory committee on issues pertaining to the practice of veterinary technicians, known as the Registered Veterinary Technician Committee, hereafter referred...
(a) The committee may assist the board in the examination of applicants for veterinary technician registration. The examination shall be held at least once a year at the times and...
(a) The board has the power to remove from office at any time any member of the committee for continued neglect of any duty required by this article, for incompetency, or...
(a) Each member of the committee shall receive a per diem and expenses, as provided in Section 103. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1998....
(a) The board shall adopt regulations establishing animal health care tasks and an appropriate degree of supervision required for those tasks that may be performed only by a...
The board shall take action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 4875) of this chapter against any veterinarian licensed or authorized to practice in this state who permits...
The board may revoke or suspend the registration of a registered veterinary technician in this state after notice and hearing for any cause provided in this article. The proceedings under...
Effective with the 1976 renewal period, if the board determines that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all registrants under the provisions of this article...
For purposes of this article, a registered veterinary technician means a person who has met the requirements of Section 4841.5, has passed the written and practical examination, and is registered...
(a) Registered veterinary technicians and unregistered assistants are approved to perform those animal health care services prescribed by law under the supervision of a veterinarian...
Registered veterinary technicians and unregistered assistants shall not perform the following health care services: (a) Surgery. (b) Diagnosis and prognosis of animal diseases. ...
Under conditions of an emergency, a registered veterinary technician may render such lifesaving aid and treatment as may be prescribed under regulations adopted by the board pursuant...
Any registered veterinary technician registered in this state who in good faith renders emergency animal health care at the scene of the emergency, or his or her employing veterinarian...
(a) A registered veterinary technician who has been examined by the board in the area of radiation safety and techniques may operate radiographic equipment under the indirect supervision...
Registered veterinary technicians and unregistered assistants may be employed by any veterinarian licensed or authorized to practice in this state or by any governmental agency...
Any person performing any of the tasks designated by the board pursuant to Section 4836 and any person representing himself or herself as a registered veterinary technician in this...
To be eligible to take the written and practical examination for registration as a registered veterinary technician, the applicant shall: (a) Be at least 18 years of age. (b)...
The board may deny an application to take a written and practical examination for registration as a registered veterinary technician if the applicant has done any of the following: ...
The board shall issue a certificate of registration to each applicant who passes the examination. The form of the certificate shall be determined by the board....
(a) Commencing July 1, 1998, all funds collected by the board under this article shall be deposited in the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund. (b) All unappropriated funds existing in...
The amount of fees prescribed by this article is that fixed by the following schedule: (a) The fee for filing an application for examination shall be set by the board at not more than...
(a) Each individual registered by the board shall biennially apply for renewal of his or her license or registration on or before the last day of the applicant's birthday month....
The board shall approve all schools or institutions offering a curriculum for training registered veterinary technicians. Application forms for schools requesting approval shall be...
Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired certificate of registration may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of an application for renewal...
A person who fails to renew his certificate of registration within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it shall not be restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but...
Applications for a license shall be upon a form furnished by the board and, in addition, shall be accompanied by a diploma or other verification of graduation from a veterinary...
If the veterinary college from which an applicant is graduated is not recognized by the board, the board shall have the authority to determine the qualifications of such graduates and to review...
If the board finds in evaluating the graduate described in Section 4846.1 that such applicant is deficient in qualification or in the quality of his educational experience the board...
(a) Each individual licensed by the board shall biennially apply for renewal of his or her license or registration on or before the last day of the applicant's birthday month. The...
(a) On or after January 1, 2002, except as provided in this section, the board shall issue renewal licenses only to those applicants that have completed a minimum of 36 hours...
The board shall number consecutively all applications received, note upon each the disposition made of it, and preserve the same for reference....
(a) (1) The board shall, by means of examination, ascertain the professional qualifications of all applicants for licenses to practice veterinary medicine in this state and shall issue a...
(a) The board shall issue a temporary license valid for one year to an applicant accepted into a qualifying internship or residency program that meets all of the following requirements: ...
The complete examination shall be given at least once each year. It shall include all such subjects as are ordinarily included in the curricula of veterinary colleges in good standing...
Every person holding a license under this chapter shall conspicuously display a copy of the license in his or her principal place of business....
Every person holding a license issued under this chapter who changes his or her mailing address shall notify the board of his or her new mailing address within 30 days of the change. The...
(a) All premises where veterinary medicine, veterinary dentistry, veterinary surgery, and the various branches thereof is being practiced shall be registered with the board. The...
(a) Each application to register a premise pursuant to Section 4853 shall be made on a form provided by the board. An application for renewal of that registration shall be made annually....
When it has been adjudicated in an administrative hearing that the licensee manager has failed to keep the premises and all equipment therein in a clean and sanitary condition as provided...
The board shall withhold, suspend or revoke registration of veterinary premises: (a) When the licensee manager set forth in the application in accordance with Section 4853 ceases to...
All premises where veterinary medicine, veterinary dentistry, or veterinary surgery is being practiced, and all instruments, apparatus and apparel used in connection with those practices,...
(a) Every off-campus educational program site shall display in a conspicuous place a consumer notification specifying that the veterinary facilities are also being used for diagnosis...
A veterinarian subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, as required by regulation of the board, keep a written record of all animals receiving veterinary services, and provide a...
(a) All records required by law to be kept by a veterinarian subject to this chapter, including, but not limited to, records pertaining to diagnosis and treatment of animals and...
(a) A veterinarian licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall not disclose any information concerning an animal receiving veterinary services, the client responsible for...
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Veterinary Medical Board seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians with impairment due...
One or more diversion evaluation committees is hereby authorized to be established by the board. Each diversion evaluation committee shall be composed of five persons appointed by the board....
Each member of a diversion evaluation committee shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
Three members of a diversion evaluation committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. Any action requires the majority vote of the...
Each diversion evaluation committee shall elect from its membership a chairperson and a vice chairperson....
The board shall administer the provisions of this article....
(a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of veterinarians and animal health technicians in a diversion program. Only those veterinarians and...
The diversion evaluation committee shall inform each veterinarian and animal health technician who requests participation in a program of the procedures followed in the program, of the...
Each diversion evaluation committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To evaluate those veterinarians and animal health technicians who request participation in...
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings, a...
Each veterinarian and animal health technician who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the treatment program designed by a diversion evaluation...
(a) After a diversion evaluation committee in its discretion has determined that a veterinarian or animal health technician has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is...
The board shall provide for the representation of any persons making reports to a diversion evaluation committee or the board under this article in any action for defamation....
The board shall charge each veterinarian and animal health technician who is accepted to participate in the diversion program a diversion program registration fee. The...
The board may revoke or suspend for a certain time the license of any person to practice veterinary medicine or any branch thereof in this state after notice and hearing for any of...
If, upon completion of an investigation, the executive officer has probable cause to believe that a veterinarian or an unlicensed person acting as a veterinarian has violated provisions...
(a) The board shall, in the manner prescribed in Section 4808, adopt regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under this article which give due consideration to the appropriateness...
(a) If a veterinarian or an unlicensed person desires to administratively contest a civil citation or the proposed assessment of a civil penalty therefor, he or she shall, within 10...
In addition to its authority to suspend or revoke a license, or assess a fine of a person licensed under this chapter, the board shall have the authority to place a licensee on probation....
The executive officer in all cases of suspension, revocation, or restriction of licenses or assessment of fines shall enter on the register the fact of suspension, revocation, restriction,...
The board may deny, revoke, or suspend a license or assess a fine as provided in Section 4875 for any of the following: (a) Conviction of a crime substantially related to...
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge of a felony or of any offense related to the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to...
In reinstating a license which has been revoked or suspended under Section 4883, the board may impose terms and conditions to be followed by the licensee after the certificate has...
(c) Requiring the licensee to submit to a complete diagnostic examination by one or more physicians appointed by the board. If the board requires the licensee to submit to such an...
A person whose license has been revoked or who has been placed on probation may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty including modification or termination...
(a) All veterinary licenses and animal health technician certificates shall expire at 12 midnight of the last day of the birth month of the licensee or certificate holder during the second...
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an expired license may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of an application for renewal on a form prescribed...
A license which is suspended is subject to expiration, and shall be renewed as provided in this chapter, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains...
A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition...
A person who fails to renew his license within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it shall not be restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but such person may apply...
Of all fines or forfeitures of bail in any case wherein any person is charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this act, 50 percent shall be paid upon collection by the proper...
All fees collected on behalf of the board and all receipts of every kind and nature shall be reported each month for the month preceding to the State Controller and at the same time...
The following fees shall be collected by the board and shall be credited to the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund: (a) The fee for filing an application for examination shall be...
A veterinary corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation and...
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of a veterinary corporation and any name or names under which it renders professional services shall include the words...
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a veterinary corporation shall be a licensed person as defined in Section 13401...
The income of a veterinary corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code) shall not...
A veterinary corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule, or regulation...
It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter, punishable as specified in Section 4831, for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt...
The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and the objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring (1) that the...