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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY STACK, FONTANA, BREWSTER, BOSCOLA, LEACH, BROWNE, FERLO AND FARNESE, MARCH 7, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 7, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 27, 1974 (P.L.995, No.326), |
2 | entitled "An act regulating the practice of veterinary |
3 | medicine and imposing penalties," further providing for |
4 | grounds for disciplinary proceedings. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Section 21(11) of the act of December 27, 1974 |
8 | (P.L.995, No.326), known as the Veterinary Medicine Practice |
9 | Act, amended December 9, 2002 (P.L.1370, No.167), is amended to |
10 | read: |
11 | Section 21. Grounds for Disciplinary Proceedings.--The board |
12 | shall suspend or revoke any license or certificate or otherwise |
13 | discipline an applicant, licensee or certificate holder who is |
14 | found guilty by the board or by a court of one or more of the |
15 | following: |
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17 | (11) Incompetence, gross negligence or other malpractice, or |
18 | the departure from, or failure to conform to, the standards of |
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1 | acceptable and prevailing veterinary medical practice, in which |
2 | case actual injury need not be established. Failure of a |
3 | licensee to perform prescreening of an animal, such as |
4 | conducting a blood test, prior to use of a drug, if the |
5 | prescreening is recommended by the drug manufacturer, may be |
6 | evidence in a disciplinary action at the discretion of the |
7 | board. The board may consider the withholding of consent for any |
8 | prescreening by the animal owner. |
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10 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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