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321.441 Registration of veterinary technologists and technicians -- Exception.
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An applicant for registration as a veterinary technologist shall be a graduate of an
accredited program of veterinary technology approved by the board and have met all
the requirements of the board. An applicant for registration as a veterinary
technician shall possess an associate degree related to veterinary sciences, or its
equivalent, approved by the board and have met all the requirements of the board.
An applicant for registration as a veterinary technologist or veterinary technician
shall pass a written and practical examination as determined by the board to assess
the qualifications and fitness of an applicant to engage in the practice.
Registration issued to a veterinary technologist or veterinary technician shall not be
active until the veterinary technologist or veterinary technician is employed and is
under the direct supervision of a veterinarian licensed in this Commonwealth. A
veterinary technologist or veterinary technician's registration is considered to be
inactive until registration is activated by returning a renewal application signed by
the supervising veterinarian and the application is approved by the board. Each
veterinary technologist or veterinary technician registered by the board shall pay an
annual fee as prescribed by the board. Each veterinary technologist or veterinary
technician registered by the board shall attend annual continuing education hours as
required by the board to renew the registration. Failure to renew shall result in the
termination of registration. If a hearing is requested upon the rejection of an
application, or upon the termination of registration, a hearing shall be conducted in
accordance with the provision of KRS 321.360.
The services of a veterinary technologist or veterinary technician shall be limited to
the performance of duties under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian
except for the routine administration of drugs, vaccines, parasite control agents, and
growth stimulating implants for food animals prescribed by a veterinarian and under
the indirect supervision of a veterinarian where a veterinarian-client-patient
relationship exists. A veterinary technologist or veterinary technician shall receive
no fee or compensation for services other than salary or compensation paid by the
establishment by which the veterinary technologist or veterinary technician is
employed. A veterinary technologist or veterinary technician shall not participate in
the operation of a branch office, clinic, or allied establishment unless a licensed
veterinarian is on the premises. A veterinary technologist or veterinary technician
shall not diagnose, prescribe medication or treatment, or perform surgical
procedures other than castrating and dehorning of food animals. A veterinary
technologist or veterinary technician may assist a veterinarian in all duties of
veterinary medicine and surgery.
A veterinarian shall utilize the services of a veterinary technologist or veterinary
technician in accordance with the terms and provisions of this chapter.
Unauthorized utilization of veterinary technologist or veterinary technicians by
veterinarians shall be considered as aiding and abetting any unlicensed person to
practice veterinary medicine as described in KRS 321.351.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit volunteer health practitioners from providing
services under KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 20, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 7, effective July 14, 1992.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/92). This statute was created in 1992 Ky.
Acts ch. 299, which contains the enrolled text of Senate Bill 250. A committee
substitute for this bill was adopted by the House with a floor amendment, and the
Senate subsequently concurred in this action by the House; this amended substitute
thus became the enrolled version of the bill. In drafting the House Committee
Substitute, the original Section 10 of the bill was deleted in its entirety, but internal
section references within the bill were not renumbered to reflect this deletion.
Therefore, in codifying this statute, the internal section references within Acts ch.
299, sec. 7, have been changed pursuant to KRS 7.136(1).
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