Oklahoma § 59-698.12 - Acts not prohibited

§ 59-698.12. Acts not prohibited

The Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act shall not be construed to

prohibit:

1. Acts of animal husbandry consisting of dehorning, branding,

tagging or notching ears, teeth floating, farriery, pregnancy

checking by transrectal palpation, collecting semen, preparing

semen, freezing semen, castrating, worming, vaccinating, injecting

or nonsurgical artificial insemination of farm animals; or the acts

or conduct of a person advising with respect to nutrition, feeds or

feeding; and such other acts designated by administrative rule of

the Board which may be recommended by the Animal Technology Advisory

Committee;

2. The owner of an animal or the owner's employees or helpers

from caring for or treating animals belonging to the owner; provided

that, the acts of the owner's employees or helpers otherwise

prohibited by the Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act are only an

incidental part of the employment duties and for which no special

compensation is made;

3. Acts of a person in lawful possession of an animal for some

other purpose than practicing veterinary medicine; provided that, no

charge may be made or included in any other charge or fee or

adjustment otherwise made of any charge or fee for acts performed

pursuant to this subsection unless the acts are performed by a

licensed veterinarian as provided by the Oklahoma Veterinary

Practice Act;

4. Acts of auction markets and other shippers of food animals

in preparing such animals for shipment;

5. Acts of a person who is a student in good standing in a

veterinary school, in performing duties or functions assigned by the

student’s instructors, or working under the direct supervision of a

licensed veterinarian for each individual case and acts performed by

an instructor or student in a school of veterinary medicine

recognized by the Board and performed as a part of the educational

and training curriculum of the school under the direct supervision

of faculty. The unsupervised or unauthorized practice of veterinary

medicine even though on the premises of a school of veterinary

medicine is prohibited;

6. Acts of any employee in the course of employment by the

federal government or acts of a veterinarian practicing on property

and persons outside the jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma;

7. A veterinarian currently licensed in another state from

consulting with a licensed veterinarian of this state;

8. Acts of agriculture education instructors or students while

engaged in regular agriculture education instruction in programs

approved by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology

Education; provided that said acts are under the supervision of

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instructors and are carried out in the usual course of instruction

and not as independent practice by an unlicensed veterinarian

without supervision;

9. Any person employed by a licensed veterinarian who is

assisting with the professional duties of the licensed veterinarian

and who is under the direct supervision of the licensed veterinarian

from administering medication or rendering auxiliary or supporting

assistance under the direct supervision of such licensed

veterinarian, provided that the practice is conducted in compliance

with all laws of this state and rules of this Board;

10. Any chiropractic physician licensed in this state who is

certified by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners to engage in animal

chiropractic diagnosis and treatment from practicing animal

chiropractic diagnosis and treatment;

11. Any chiropractic physician licensed in this state who is

not certified to practice animal chiropractic diagnosis and

treatment by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners from providing

chiropractic treatment to an animal referred to such chiropractic

physician by a licensed veterinarian;

12. Any individual that is certified in animal massage therapy

and acquires liability insurance from engaging in animal massage

therapy after referral from a licensed veterinarian;

13. Any individual that is certified by the State Board of

Veterinary Medical Examiners and pays a certification fee of Two

Hundred Dollars ($200.00) under subsection A of Section 698.30 of

this title from engaging in nonveterinary equine dental care; or

14. Any individual that is certified by the Board pursuant to

Section 3 of this act and pays a certification fee of Two Hundred

Dollars ($200.00) from providing nonveterinary reproductive services

as defined by Section 698.2 of this title.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 126, § 12, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 192, § 6, emerg. eff. April 22, 1982; Laws 1990, c.

314, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1999, c. 94, § 14, eff. Nov. 1,

1999; Laws 2000, c. 131, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 172,

§ 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2005, c. 172, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005;

Laws 2010, c. 112, § 3; Laws 2011, c. 83, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.