Re: RC: RE: RE: Ride vetting

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:33:06 -0600, "Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>
wrote:

>I offer the following:

>21) "Practice of veterinary medicine" means: (a) To diagnose, treat,
>correct, change, relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect,
>injury, or other physical or mental conditions; including the prescription
>or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic, apparatus application,
>anesthetic, or other therapeutic or diagnostic substance or technique, and
>the use of any obstetrical procedure or any manual or mechanical procedure
>for artificial insemination, for testing or examining for pregnancy,
>fertility evaluation, embryo transplant, grading of fresh semen, or to
>render advice or recommendation with regard to any of the above. (b) To
>represent, directly or indirectly, publicly or privately, an ability and
>willingness to do any act described in subsection (21)(a) of this section.

That clearly does not refer to the activities of a control vet at an
AERC ride.  So under that regulation there is no problem with
non-licensed vets acting as control vets at AERC rides as long as they
do not diagnose, treat, etc.  It is reassuring to see that we've been
doing it right all along.

>(c) To use any title, words, abbreviations or letter in a manner or under
>circumstances which induce the belief that the person using them is
>qualified to do any act described in subsection (21)(a) of this section,
>except where such person is a licensed veterinarian.

Which clearly does not prohibit the use of the letters DVM as long as
they are not used to imply licensure.

>The bold, italics and underline are mine to point out the particular clause
>in one state's statutes. I have seen a decree handed down by a state board
>that stated in particular, the person whose license was canceled was not to
>use the designation "DVM" in any manner that implied that they were a
>licensed vet in that state.

Yep ... "in a manner that implied ..."

>... or just being arguementive like Joe,

Or just, like Joe Friday, asking for "just the facts."

>leads to much confusion in the ranks.

Yep.  People pushing agendas often practice such.

>... So, again, please every one do your homework prior to making broad
>statements on such subjects where the welfare of the AERC can be put at
>risk.

IMO trying to fix things that ain't broke just to extend ever-more
control over ride managers puts the welfare of the AERC at risk.

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