BILL NUMBER: SB 969	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 31, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 30, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 16, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Aanestad

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 4826 of, and to add and repeal Section
4836.1 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to veterinary
medicine.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 969, Aanestad. Veterinary medicine.
   Existing law provides that a person practices veterinary medicine
when he or she, among other things, administers a drug for the
prevention, cure, or relief of a wound, fracture, bodily injury, or
disease of animals, except where the drug is administered by a
registered veterinary technician or an unregistered assistant at the
direction of and under the direct supervision of a licensed
veterinarian.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2012, authorize a registered
veterinary technician and an unregistered assistant to administer a
drug, including, but not limited to, a drug that is a controlled
substance, except for the induction of anesthesia, under the direct
or indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian when done pursuant
to the order, control, and full professional responsibility of the
veterinarian. This bill would also define various terms for purposes
of that provision and would make related changes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4826 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   4826.  A 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 in the practice of
veterinary medicine, veterinary surgery, or veterinary dentistry in
any of its branches.
   (b) Diagnoses or prescribes a drug, medicine, appliance,
application, or treatment of whatever nature for the prevention, cure
or relief of a wound, fracture, bodily injury, or disease of
animals.
   (c) Administers a drug, medicine, appliance, application, or
treatment of whatever nature for the prevention, cure, or relief of a
wound, fracture, bodily injury, or disease of animals, except where
the medicine, appliance, application, or treatment is administered by
a registered veterinary technician or an unregistered assistant at
the direction of and under the direct supervision of a licensed
veterinarian subject to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 4832) or
where the drug, including, but not limited to, a drug that is a
controlled substance, is administered by a registered veterinary
technician or an unregistered assistant pursuant to Section 4836.1.
However, no person, other than a licensed veterinarian, may induce
anesthesia unless authorized by regulation of the board.
   (d) Performs a surgical or dental operation upon an animal.
   (e) Performs any manual procedure for the diagnosis of pregnancy,
sterility, or infertility upon livestock or Equidae.
   (f) Uses any words, letters or titles in such connection or under
such circumstances as to induce the belief that the person using them
is engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinary
surgery, or veterinary dentistry. This use shall be prima facie
evidence of the intention to represent himself or herself as engaged
in the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinary surgery, or
veterinary dentistry.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4836.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   4836.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
registered veterinary technician or an unregistered assistant may
administer a drug, including, but not limited to, a drug that is a
controlled substance, under the direct or indirect supervision of a
licensed veterinarian when done pursuant to the order, control, and
full professional responsibility of a licensed veterinarian. However,
no person, other than a licensed veterinarian, may induce anesthesia
unless authorized by regulation of the board.
   (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

   (1) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as that term is
defined in Section 11007 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (2) "Direct supervision" has the same meaning as that term is
defined in subdivision (e) of Section 2034 of Title 16 of the
California Code of Regulations.
   (3) "Drug" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section
11014 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (4) "Indirect supervision" has the same meaning as that term is
defined in subdivision (f) of Section 2034 of Title 16 of the
California Code of Regulations.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2012, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which
is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends that date.