47-816. Definitions.
As used in the Kansas veterinary practice act:
(a) "Animal" means any mammalian
animal other than human and any fowl, bird, amphibian, fish or reptile, wild
or domestic, living or dead.
(b) "Board" means the state board
of veterinary examiners.
(c) "Companion animal" means any
dog, cat or other domesticated animal possessed by a person for purposes
of companionship, security, hunting, herding or providing assistance in relation
to a physical disability but shall exclude any animal raised on a farm or
ranch and used or intended for use as food.
(d) "Clock hour of continuing
education" means 60 minutes of participation in a continuing education program
or activity which meets the minimum standards for continuing education according
to rules and regulations adopted by the board.
(e) "Direct supervision" means
the supervising licensed veterinarian:
(1) Is on the veterinary premises
or in the same general area in a field setting;
(2) is quickly and easily available;
(3) examines the animal prior
to delegating any veterinary practice activity to the supervisee and performs
any additional examination of the animal required by good veterinary practice;
and
(4) delegates only those veterinary
practice activities which are consistent with rules and regulations of the
board regarding employee supervision.
(f) "Licensed veterinarian" means
a veterinarian who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary
medicine in this state.
(g) "Indirect supervision" means
that the supervising licensed veterinarian:
(1) Is not on the veterinary premises
or in the same general area in a field setting, but has examined the animal
and provided either written or documented oral instructions or a written
protocol for treatment of the animal patient, except that in an emergency,
the supervising licensed veterinarian may provide oral instructions prior
to examining the animal and subsequently examine the animal and document
the instruction in writing;
(2) delegates only those veterinary
practice tasks which are consistent with the rules and regulations of the
board regarding employee supervision; and
(3) the animal being treated is
not anesthetized as defined in rules and regulations.
(h) "Practice of veterinary medicine"
means any of the following:
(1) To diagnose, treat, correct,
change, relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect, injury or
other physical or mental condition; including the prescription or administration
of any drug, medicine, biologic, apparatus, application, anesthesia or other
therapeutic or diagnostic substance or technique on any animal including
but not limited to acupuncture, surgical or dental operations, animal psychology,
animal chiropractic, theriogenology, surgery, including cosmetic surgery,
any manual, mechanical, biological or chemical procedure for testing for
pregnancy or for correcting sterility or infertility or to render service
or recommendations with regard to any of the above and all other branches
of veterinary medicine.
(2) To represent, directly or
indirectly, publicly or privately, an ability and willingness to do any act
described in paragraph (1).
(3) To use any title, words, abbreviation
or letters in a manner or under circumstances which induce the belief that
the person using them is qualified to do any act described in paragraph (1).
Such use shall be prima facie evidence of the intention to represent oneself
as engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine.
(4) To collect blood or other
samples for the purpose of diagnosing disease or conditions. This shall not
apply to unlicensed personnel employed by the United States department of
agriculture, the Kansas animal health department or the Kansas department
of agriculture who are engaged in such personnel's official duties.
(5) To apply principles of environmental
sanitation, food inspection, environmental pollution control, animal nutrition,
zoonotic disease control and disaster medicine in the promotion and protection
of public health in the performance of any veterinary service or procedure.
(i) "School of veterinary medicine"
means any veterinary college or division of a university or college that
offers the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or its equivalent, which
conforms to the standards required for accreditation by the American veterinary
medical association and which is recognized and approved by the board.
(j) "Veterinarian" means a person
who has received a doctor of veterinary medicine degree or the equivalent
from a school of veterinary medicine.
(k) "Veterinary premises" means
any premises or facility where the practice of veterinary medicine occurs,
including but not limited to, a mobile clinic, outpatient clinic, satellite
clinic or veterinary hospital or clinic, but shall not include the premises
of a veterinary client, research facility, a federal military base, Kansas
state university college of veterinary medicine or any premises wherein the
practice of veterinary medicine occurs no more than three times per year
as a public service outreach of a registered veterinary premises.
(l) "Graduate veterinary technician"
means a person who has graduated from an American veterinary medical association
accredited school approved by the board.
(m) "Registered veterinary technician"
means a person who is a graduate veterinary technician, has passed the examinations
required by the board for registration and is registered by the board.
(n) "Veterinary-client-patient
relationship" means:
(1) The veterinarian has assumed
the responsibility for making medical judgments regarding the health of the
animal or animals and the need for medical treatment, and the client, owner
or other caretaker has agreed to follow the instruction of the veterinarian;
(2) there is sufficient knowledge
of the animal or animals by the veterinarian to initiate at least a general
or preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal or animals.
This means that the veterinarian has recently seen or is personally acquainted
with the keeping and care of the animal or animals by virtue of an examination
of the animal or animals, or by medically appropriate and timely visits to
the premises where the animal or animals are kept, or both; and
(3) the practicing veterinarian
is readily available for followup in case of adverse reactions or failure
of the regimen of therapy.
(o) "Veterinary prescription drugs"
means such prescription items as defined by 21 U.S.C. Sec. 353, as in effect
on July 1, 2001.
(p) "Veterinary corporation" means
a professional corporation of licensed veterinarians incorporated under the
professional corporation act of Kansas, cited at K.S.A. 17-2706 et seq.,
and amendments thereto.
(q) "Veterinary partnership" means
a partnership pursuant to the Kansas uniform partnership act, cited at K.S.A.
56a-101 et seq., and amendments thereto, formed by licensed veterinarians
engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine.
(r) "Person" means any individual,
corporation, partnership, association or other entity.
History: L. 1969, ch. 261, §
3; L. 1980, ch. 155, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 129, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 1,
§ 1; L. 1998, ch. 93, § 72; L. 1999, ch. 25, § 1; L. 2001,
ch. 30, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 80; L. 2006, ch. 112, § 1;
July 1.