Section 156.15 — Cease And Desist Orders.
156.15 CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS. Subdivision 1. Issuance. In addition to the remedies and procedures applicable to the health-related licensing board provided in chapter 214, the board’s complaint review committee, on behalf of the board, may issue and have served upon a person an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the unauthorized […]
Section 156.16 — Definitions.
156.16 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 156.16 to 156.20. Subd. 2. Client. “Client” means the owner or caretaker of an animal who arranges for the animal’s veterinary care. Subd. 3. Dispensing. “Dispensing” means distribution of veterinary prescription drugs or over-the-counter drugs, human drugs for extra-label use, for extra-label […]
Section 156.17 — Possession Prohibited.
156.17 POSSESSION PROHIBITED. A person may not possess a veterinary prescription drug unless the person is a licensed veterinarian or pharmacist, a bona fide employee of a veterinarian acting in the course of that employment, a client holding a veterinary prescription drug by or on the order of a veterinarian, a manufacturer or wholesaler of […]
Section 156.18 — Veterinary Prescription Drugs.
156.18 VETERINARY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Subdivision 1. Prescription. (a) A person may not dispense a veterinary prescription drug to a client without a prescription or other veterinary authorization. A person may not make extra-label use of an animal or human drug for an animal without a prescription from a veterinarian. A veterinarian or the veterinarian’s authorized […]
Section 156.19 — Extra-label Use.
156.19 EXTRA-LABEL USE. A person, other than a veterinarian or an employee of a veterinarian, must not make extra-label use of a veterinary drug in or on a food-producing animal, unless permitted by the prescription of a veterinarian. A veterinarian may prescribe the extra-label use of a drug if: (1) the veterinarian makes a careful […]
Section 156.125 — Mental Examination; Access To Medical Data.
156.125 MENTAL EXAMINATION; ACCESS TO MEDICAL DATA. Subdivision 1. Order for examination; consent. If the board has probable cause to believe that grounds exist under section 156.081, subdivision 2, clause (3) or (13), against a regulated person, the executive director may authorize the issuance of an order directing the regulated person to submit to a […]
Section 156.126 — Temporary Suspension Of License.
156.126 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the board, acting through its executive director and one or more designated board members without a hearing, may temporarily suspend the license of a regulated person if the executive director and one or more designated board members finds that the regulated […]
Section 156.127 — Forms Of Disciplinary Action.
156.127 FORMS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION. Subdivision 1. Board action. When grounds exist under section 156.081, or other statute or rule which the board is authorized to enforce, the board may take one or more of the following disciplinary actions: (1) deny an application for a license; (2) revoke the regulated person’s license; (3) suspend the […]
Section 156.13 — Penalties, How Recovered.
156.13 PENALTIES, HOW RECOVERED. The penalties prescribed in this chapter may be recovered in a civil case instituted by the Board of Veterinary Medicine in the name of the state or by a criminal prosecution upon complaint being made. In case any county attorney shall omit or refuse to conduct such civil action or such […]
Section 156.14 — Expenses.
156.14 EXPENSES. The expenses of administering sections 156.001 to 156.14 shall be paid from the appropriations made to the state Board of Veterinary Medicine. History: (5851-14) 1937 c 119 s 14; 1965 c 204 s 12; 1973 c 638 s 41; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 131