STATE OF NEW YORK
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7063
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of veter-
inary medicine
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6701 of the education law, as amended by chapter
2 268 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 6701. Definition of practice of veterinary medicine. The practice of
4 the profession of veterinary medicine is defined as diagnosing, treat-
5 ing, operating, or prescribing for any animal disease, pain, injury,
6 deformity or dental or physical condition, or the subcutaneous insertion
7 of a microchip intended to be used to identify an animal. "Animal"
8 includes every living creature except a human being. Notwithstanding
9 the foregoing provisions of this section, no provisions of this section
10 shall be construed to include the floating of equine teeth or equine
11 pulsed electromagnetic field therapy as being within the practice of
12 veterinary medicine.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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