California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 316

Introduced by Assembly Member Maienschein

February 13, 2015

An act to amend Section 4830 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to veterinarians.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 316, as introduced, Maienschein. Veterinarians.

Under existing law, the Veterinary Medical Board licenses and regulates veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. It is unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine in this state unless he or she holds a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked license issued by the board, except under specified circumstances.

This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 4830 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

4830.  

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) Veterinarians while serving in any armed branch of the
military service of the United States or the United States
Department of Agriculture while actually engaged and employed
in their official capacity.

(2) Regularly licensed veterinarians in actual consultation from
other states.

(3) Regularly licensed veterinarians actually called from other
states to attend cases in this state, but who do not open an office
or appoint a place to do business within this state.

(4) Veterinarians employed by the University of California
while engaged in the performance of duties in connection with the
College of Agriculture, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the
School of Veterinary Medicine, or the agricultural extension work
of the university or employed by the Western University of Health
Sciences while engaged in the performance of duties in connection
with the College of Veterinary Medicine or the agricultural
extension work of the university.

(5) Students in the School of Veterinary Medicine of the
University of California or the College of Veterinary Medicine of
the Western University of Health Sciences who participate in
diagnosis and treatment as part of their educational experience,
including those in off-campus educational programs under the
direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian in good standing, as
defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 4848,
appointed by the University of California, Davis, or the Western
University of Health Sciences.

(6) A veterinarian who is employed by the Meat and Poultry
Inspection Branch of the California Department of Food and
Agriculture while actually engaged and employed in his or her
official capacity. A person exempt under this paragraph shall not
otherwise engage in the practice of veterinary medicine unless begin delete he
or she end delete begin insert the person end insert is issued a license by the board.

(7) Unlicensed personnel employed by the Department of Food
and Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture
when in the course of their duties they are directed by a veterinarian
supervisor to conduct an examination, obtain biological specimens,
apply biological tests, or administer medications or biological
products as part of government disease or condition monitoring,
investigation, control, or eradication activities.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2011.