BILL NUMBER: AB 317	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maienschein

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to add Section 4853.7 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to veterinary medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 317, as amended, Maienschein. Veterinary medicine: temporary
shelter facility.
   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.
   Existing law requires the registration of all premises where
veterinary medicine, veterinary dentistry, or veterinary surgery is
being practiced. Existing law also requires these premises, and all
instruments, apparatus, and apparel used in connection with those
practices, to be kept clean and sanitary at all times, and to conform
to those minimum standards established by the board. Existing law
makes it a misdemeanor to violate these provisions regulating the
practice of veterinary medicine.
   This bill would exempt from the premises registration requirements
an organization that establishes a temporary shelter facility during
a state of emergency to provide veterinary medical care by a
veterinarian who is regularly licensed  in good standing  in
another state or territory of the United States if the temporary
shelter facility meets specified requirements.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4853.7 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   4853.7.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an
organization that establishes a temporary shelter facility to provide
veterinary medical care, shelter, and food and water during a state
of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558, by a
veterinarian who is regularly licensed in good standing  in
another state or territory of the United States shall be exempt from
the premises registration requirements of this chapter if the
following requirements are met:
   (a) A notice is posted in a conspicuous location that the
temporary shelter facility is being used for the diagnosis and
treatment of animals affected by the state of emergency and that this
diagnosis and treatment is provided by a veterinarian who is
licensed in another state or territory of the United States.
   (b) The temporary shelter facility complies with the standards
established pursuant to Section 4854.
   (c) The temporary shelter ceases operations within 60 days after
its establishment unless the board grants an extension of this date
to protect the public health and safety of the animals within the
temporary shelter.