BILL NUMBER: AB 316	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maienschein

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to amend Section 4830 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to veterinarians.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 316, as introduced, Maienschein. Veterinarians.
   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.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4830 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   4830.  (a) This chapter does not apply to:
   (1) Veterinarians while serving in any armed branch of the
military service of the United States or the United States Department
of Agriculture while actually engaged and employed in their official
capacity.
   (2) Regularly licensed veterinarians in actual consultation from
other states.
   (3) Regularly licensed veterinarians actually called from other
states to attend cases in this state, but who do not open an office
or appoint a place to do business within this state.
   (4) Veterinarians employed by the University of California while
engaged in the performance of duties in connection with the College
of Agriculture, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the School of
Veterinary Medicine, or the agricultural extension work of the
university or employed by the Western University of Health Sciences
while engaged in the performance of duties in connection with the
College of Veterinary Medicine or the agricultural extension work of
the university.
   (5) Students in the School of Veterinary Medicine of the
University of California or the College of Veterinary Medicine of the
Western University of Health Sciences who participate in diagnosis
and treatment as part of their educational experience, including
those in off-campus educational programs under the direct supervision
of a licensed veterinarian in good standing, as defined in paragraph
(1) of subdivision (b) of Section 4848, appointed by the University
of California, Davis, or the Western University of Health Sciences.
   (6) A veterinarian who is employed by the Meat and Poultry
Inspection Branch of the California Department of Food and
Agriculture while actually engaged and employed in his or her
official capacity. A person exempt under this paragraph shall not
otherwise engage in the practice of veterinary medicine unless
 he or she   the person  is issued a
license by the board.
   (7) Unlicensed personnel employed by the Department of Food and
Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture when in
the course of their duties they are directed by a veterinarian
supervisor to conduct an examination, obtain biological specimens,
apply biological tests, or administer medications or biological
products as part of government disease or condition monitoring,
investigation, control, or eradication activities.
   (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2011.