Bill Text: NY A03586 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Excludes the use of equine pulsed electromagnetic field therapy from the practice of veterinary medicine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A03586 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A03586-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3586 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of veter- inary medicine The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6701 of the education law, as amended by chapter 2 268 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 6701. Definition of practice of veterinary medicine. The practice of 4 the profession of veterinary medicine is defined as diagnosing, treat- 5 ing, operating, or prescribing for any animal disease, pain, injury, 6 deformity or dental or physical condition, or the subcutaneous insertion 7 of a microchip intended to be used to identify an animal. "Animal" 8 includes every living creature except a human being. Notwithstanding 9 the foregoing provisions of this section, no provisions of this section 10 shall be construed to include the floating of equine teeth or equine 11 pulsed electromagnetic field therapy as being within the practice of 12 veterinary medicine. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08300-01-3
