Oklahoma § 59-698.30 - Nonveterinary equine dental care provider

§ 59-698.30. Nonveterinary equine dental care provider

certification.

A. The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall

annually certify any practitioner of teeth floating, known as a

nonveterinary equine dental care provider and as defined by

paragraph 25 of Section 698.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Certification shall be issued within ninety (90) days of

application, and to be eligible for this certification,

nonveterinary equine dental care providers shall provide proof of

qualification to be a nonveterinary equine dental care provider

using one of the following methods:

1. Completion of at least eighty (80) hours of training in

equine dentistry at the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the

Academy of Equine Dentistry or a similar program approved by the

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; or

2. Certification as a nonveterinary equine dental care provider

by the International Association of Equine Dentistry or its

equivalent by a similar certifying organization approved by the

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

B. Proof of four (4) hours of continuing education shall be

required for annual certification renewal for a nonveterinary equine

dental care provider. This continuing education shall be a course

approved by the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the Academy of

Equine Dentistry, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners,

the International Association of Equine Dentistry or a similar

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organization approved by the State Board of Veterinary Medical

Examiners and shall be obtained in the twelve-month period

immediately preceding the year for which the certification is to be

issued.

C. If prescription drugs, not to include any controlled

dangerous substances as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous

Substances Act, are to be used in nonveterinary equine dental care

procedures, the equine owner shall contact a veterinarian licensed

by the state. If the veterinarian deems that prescription drugs,

not to include any controlled dangerous substances as defined in the

Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, are necessary, the

veterinarian may assemble those drugs and may allow the owner or the

owner's agent, who can be a nonveterinary equine dental care

provider, to pick up those drugs and deliver them to the equine

owner. No prescription drugs shall be prescribed, dispensed or

administered without the establishment of a valid client-patient

relationship between the equine owner and the veterinarian.

Prescription drugs must be used in accordance with United States

Food and Drug Administration regulations.

D. Complaints related to any nonveterinary equine dental care

provider shall be filed with the State Veterinarian through the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The State

Veterinarian may investigate complaints, and may forward findings as

it deems appropriate to the appropriate law enforcement entity.

Added by Laws 2010, c. 112, § 4. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 564, § 6,

eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§59-698.30a. Nonveterinary reproductive services technician Certification requirements.

A. The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall

certify an individual as a nonveterinary reproductive services

technician who qualifies and passes a written certification

examination approved by the Board and who holds a Ph.D. from an

accredited college or university with emphasis in animal

reproductive physiology, or a Master of Science degree from an

accredited college or university with emphasis in animal

reproductive physiology and Board Certification in animal physiology

by the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, which

certification authorizes them to provide nonveterinary reproductive

services as defined in the Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act.

B. In connection with performing nonveterinary reproductive

services, federal legend drugs shall be prescribed and dispensed

only on the order of a licensed veterinarian who has an existing

veterinarian-client-patient relationship as defined by the Oklahoma

Veterinary Practice Act and the rules of the Board and shall only be

administered in accordance with the act. Every nonveterinary

reproductive services technician shall keep and maintain medical

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records that include the source of any prescription drugs used in

connection with providing nonveterinary reproductive services

including the name and address of the veterinarian prescribing or

dispensing the drugs, the date the drugs are received, the species

and description of the animal involved, the animal owner or client

name and address and the medications administered including date and

dosage. All medical records pertaining to prescription drugs shall

be made available for inspection by the Board or the Board's agent

upon request and must be kept and maintained for a period of two (2)

years from the date the drug was administered.

C. Proof of at least eight (8) hours of continuing education

from courses and study approved by the Board shall be required for

annual certification renewal as a nonveterinarian reproductive

services technician.

D. The certification examination and continuing education

described in this section shall be approved by the Examination

Committee that is overseen by the Board and consists of:

1. A veterinarian designated by the Dean of the Oklahoma State

University Center of Veterinary Health Sciences;

2. An animal scientist with a Ph.D. with an emphasis in animal

reproductive physiology designated by the head of the Oklahoma State

University Department of Animal Science; and

3. An animal embryologist as designated by the American Embryo

Transfer Association.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 83, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws

2021, c. 564, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§59-698.30b. Animal Technology Advisory Committee - Oversight Members.

A. The Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be overseen

by the Board and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry and shall investigate, examine, discuss and determine

whether any new or evolving technology, procedure, method or

practice should be considered or designated an act of animal

husbandry, the practice of veterinary medicine, or added to the list

of acts not prohibited in paragraph 1 of Section 698.12 of the

Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act.

B. The Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be chaired by

the State Veterinarian employed by the Department who shall have the

following duties:

1. Call and give notice of all meetings of the committee;

2. Establish the agenda for the meetings of the committee;

3. Keep and maintain minutes of all meetings of the committee;

and

4. Publish and distribute all determinations of the committee

to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

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C. In addition to the chairperson, who shall be a nonvoting

member, the Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be comprised

of the following voting members:

1. Two veterinarians appointed by the Board;

2. One veterinarian appointed by the head of the Oklahoma State

University Center of Veterinary Health Sciences;

3. Two individuals actively involved in the livestock industry

appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and

4. One faculty member of the Oklahoma State University

Department of Animal Science appointed by the head of the

Department.

D. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee shall be made by a

majority vote of the voting members of the committee and shall be

presented to the Board, in writing, for consideration and review at

least thirty (30) days before a regularly scheduled meeting of the

Board. The Board shall consider the committee recommendations and

if approved take necessary action through the rulemaking process to

adopt the rules accordingly.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 83, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.