Includes in the definition of veterinary medicine, the treatment of dental conditions; exempts persons who can treat floating teeth of horses from licensing requirements.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4341
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 30, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee 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
2 234 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 6701. Definition of practice of veterinary medicine. The practice
4 of the profession of veterinary medicine is defined as diagnosing,
5 treating, operating, or prescribing for any animal disease, pain, inju-
6 ry, deformity or dental or physical condition, or the subcutaneous
7 insertion of a microchip intended to be used to identify an animal.
8 "Animal" includes every living creature except a human being.
9 § 2. Section 6705 of the education law is amended by adding a new
10 paragraph 14 to read as follows:
11 14. Any person who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commis-
12 sioner that he or she was engaged in the practice of what is commonly
13 referred to as "floating teeth" or bite adjustment shall be exempt from
14 the requirement to be licensed for the limited purpose of floating teeth
15 or bite adjustment in horses.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10276-01-1
