Bill Text: NY A08867 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes in the definition of veterinary medicine, the treatment of dental conditions; exempts persons who can treat floating teeth of horses from licensing requirements.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.268 [A08867 Detail]
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8867
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 25, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- 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
2 234 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 6701. Definition of practice of veterinary medicine. The practice
4 of the profession of veterinary medicine is defined as diagnosing,
5 treating, operating, or prescribing for any animal disease, pain, inju-
6 ry, deformity or DENTAL OR physical condition, or the subcutaneous
7 insertion of a microchip intended to be used to identify an animal.
8 "Animal" includes every living creature except a human being. NOTWITH-
9 STANDING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, NO PROVISIONS OF THIS
10 SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO INCLUDE THE MANUAL FLOATING OF EQUINE
11 TEETH AS BEING WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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