Bill Text: CA AB317 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Veterinary medicine: temporary shelter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-01-15 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB317 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB317-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 317	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2015
	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 900.1 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to veterinary medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 317, Maienschein. Veterinary medicine: temporary shelter.
   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
a temporary shelter that is established to provide care and shelter
to animals displaced by a state of emergency, if specified
requirements are met, and would authorize the Veterinary Medical
Board to inspect a temporary shelter. The bill would require, within
30 calendar days after the temporary shelter ceases operations, the
party responsible for the temporary shelter to file a report with the
board containing specific information.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 900.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   900.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a temporary shelter
shall be exempt from the premises registration requirements of
Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 4800) if all of the following
requirements are met:
   (1) The temporary shelter is established to provide care and
shelter to animals displaced by a state of emergency, as defined in
subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code, only provides
care and shelter to those animals, and, if possible, is located near
an American Red Cross shelter, or other equivalent shelter, that
houses persons displaced by the state of emergency.
   (2) The temporary shelter is operated by either of the following:
   (A) A veterinary health care practitioner licensed or certified
by, and in good standing in, another state, district, or territory of
the United States, who is deployed to this state pursuant to Section
900.
   (B) A veterinary health care practitioner licensed or certified
by, and in good standing in, this state, who responds to a state of
emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the
Government Code.
   (3) The temporary shelter complies with Section 4854.
   (4) The temporary shelter does not operate beyond a
60-calendar-day period per state of emergency.
   (5) The temporary shelter is deployed in a manner that is
consistent with the sheltering guidelines established by the
California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES).
   (b) Within 30 calendar days after a temporary shelter exempt from
premises registration requirements pursuant to this section ceases
operations, the party responsible for the temporary shelter shall
file a report with the Veterinary Medical Board containing the date,
place, type, and general description of the care provided at the
shelter, and a listing of the veterinary health care practitioners
who participated in providing that care.
   (c) The Veterinary Medical Board may inspect a temporary shelter
established pursuant to this section.