Bill Text: CA SB669 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Veterinarians: veterinarian-client-patient relationship.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 882, Statutes of 2023. [SB669 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB669-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 27, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 18, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 21, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator Cortese |
February 16, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(1)Existing
(2)Existing law authorizes the board to adopt regulations that are reasonably necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the act. Pursuant to that authority, existing regulations prohibit a drug from being prescribed for a duration inconsistent with the medical condition of the animal or the type of drug prescribed and a veterinarian from prescribing a drug for a duration longer than one year from the date the veterinarian examined the animal and prescribed the drug.
This bill would
codify the board’s regulation prohibiting a veterinarian from prescribing a drug for a duration that is inconsistent with the medical condition of the animal or type of drug prescribed and from prescribing a drug for a duration longer than one year from the date that the veterinarian examined the animal and prescribed the drug.
(3)The
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)For purposes of this section, the following apply:
(1)“Administer” means the direct application of a drug or device to the body of an animal by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means.
(2)“Client” means the owner of the animal.
(3)“Direct supervision” means either of the following:
(A)The supervisor is physically present at the location where a registered veterinary technician performs delegated animal health care job tasks.
(B)The supervisor is in the general vicinity of the location that a registered veterinary technician performs delegated animal health care job tasks, and the supervisor is quickly and easily available, and either of the following has occurred:
(i)The animal has been examined by a veterinarian at an appropriate time that good veterinary medical practice requires, consistent with the animal health care job or task.
(ii)The animal has been examined by a registered veterinary technician as the agent of a veterinarian for purposes of establishing the veterinarian-client-patient relationship to administer preventative or prophylactic vaccines or medications for the control or eradication of apparent or anticipated internal or external parasites, viruses, or bacteria in accordance with subdivision (b).
(4)“Drug” means any controlled substance, as defined in Section 4021, and any dangerous drug, as defined in Section 4022.
(5)“Herd” means any group of animals of the same species located at the same geographic location.
(6)“Supervisor” means a person who is a California licensed veterinarian.
(7)“Veterinarian”
SEC. 2.
Section 4826.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:4826.7.
(a) For purposes of this section, “veterinarian” means a California licensed veterinarian.(4)The supervisor
(d)A veterinarian shall not prescribe a drug for a duration that is inconsistent with the medical condition of the animal or the type of drug prescribed. A veterinarian shall not prescribe a drug for a duration longer than one year from the date that the veterinarian examined the animal and prescribed the drug.