Section 34-29-88 – Premise Permits – Required; Fees; Inspection; Revocation, etc.; Closure and Imposition of Penalties; Renewal; Requirements for Satellite on Mobile Clinics.
Section 34-29-88 Premise permits – Required; fees; inspection; revocation, etc.; closure and imposition of penalties; renewal; requirements for satellite on mobile clinics. (a) Any facility, including mobile clinics or any other premises where a licensed veterinarian practices shall have a premise permit issued by the board. Upon application and payment of a premise permit fee […]
Section 34-29-89 – Premise Permits – Display.
Section 34-29-89 Premise permits – Display. Each person to whom a license or premise permit, or both, is issued shall keep such license or premise permit, or both, conspicuously displayed in his or her office, place of business, or place of employment and shall, whenever required, exhibit the license or premise permit, or both, to […]
Section 34-29-90 – Immunity of Veterinarians From Suit for Emergency Care of Animals or Human Victims; Nonliability to Animal Hospital.
Section 34-29-90 Immunity of veterinarians from suit for emergency care of animals or human victims; nonliability to animal hospital. (a) Any licensed veterinarian who in good faith as a volunteer and without fee renders emergency care or treatment to a domestic animal shall not be liable in a suit for damages as a result of […]
Section 34-29-91 – Eligibility for Graduate of Nonaccredited School to Take Examination.
Section 34-29-91 Eligibility for graduate of nonaccredited school to take examination. A person who is a graduate of a college of veterinary medicine not accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association shall be eligible to take the regularly scheduled state licensing examination given by the board upon furnishing all the following required documents or items: […]
Section 34-29-92 – Service of Applicants as Student Preceptees for Minimum Period.
Section 34-29-92 Service of applicants as student preceptees for minimum period. The Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners may require that all applicants serve as a student preceptee working under the supervision of a veterinarian licensed in any state for a minimum period of nine consecutive weeks. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §33; […]
Section 34-29-94 – Veterinary Technician Licensing Requirements; Authorized Acts; Unlicensed Assistants; Emergency Care; Suspension, Revocation of License; Continuing Education.
Section 34-29-94 Veterinary technician licensing requirements; authorized acts; unlicensed assistants; emergency care; suspension, revocation of license; continuing education. (a) In order to obtain a license as a veterinary technician, the applicant shall do all of the following: (1) Submit a complete notarized application on a form prescribed by the board setting forth that the applicant […]
Section 34-29-110 – Definitions.
Section 34-29-110 Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) IMPAIRED. The inability of a veterinary professional to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or […]
Section 34-29-111 – Duties of Board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee; Liability.
Section 34-29-111 Duties of board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee; liability. (a) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of veterinary professionals licensed to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology in Alabama who may be impaired by reason […]
Section 34-29-130 – Permit to Purchase, Possess, and Use Certain Agents for Euthanizing Animals.
Section 34-29-130 Permit to purchase, possess, and use certain agents for euthanizing animals. (a) The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, hereinafter called the board, shall adopt rules providing for the issuance of permits authorizing the purchase, possession, and use of sodium pentobarbital, sodium pentobarbital with lidocaine, or other similar agents at facilities approved by […]
Section 34-29-131 – Exemptions.
Section 34-29-131 Exemptions. (a) The board shall provide by rule that sodium pentobarbital, a sodium pentobarbital derivative, or other authorized injectable agents that act on the central nervous system shall be the only means of euthanasia of dogs and cats at facilities approved by the board that are operated for the collection and care of […]