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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 317	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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  4853.7   900.1 
to the Business and Professions Code, relating to veterinary
medicine.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 317, as amended, Maienschein. Veterinary medicine: temporary
 shelter facility.   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
 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.
  that is established to provide care and shelter to
animals displaced by a state of emergency, i   f specified
requirements are met. 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
Veterinary Medical Board containing specific information. 
   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 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. If the state of
emergency exceeds the initial 60-calendar-day period, the Director of
the Emergency Medical Services Authority may grant an extension of
that period in 30-calendar-day increments until the state of
emergency is concluded.
   (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.  
  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.