Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

156.03 EXAMINATION; PAYMENT. Upon filing the application and any other papers, affidavits, or proof that the Board of Veterinary Medicine may require, together with the payment of the application fee and appropriate examination fee as set by the board, the board shall issue to th…

156.04 BOARD TO ISSUE LICENSE. The Board of Veterinary Medicine shall issue to every applicant who has successfully passed the required examination, who has received a diploma conferring the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree from an accredited or app…

156.05 LICENSE. The license shall be subscribed by the president and secretary of the Board of Veterinary Medicine and have affixed to it by the director the seal of the board. History: (5851-5) 1937 c 119 s 5; 1965 c 204 s 5; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1985 c 247 s 25; 1996 c 415 s 10

156.06 LICENSE RECORDED. The license, before issued, shall be recorded in a book or computer database to be kept in the office which the Board of Veterinary Medicine shall establish for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. These records shall be available f…

156.07 LICENSE RENEWAL. Persons licensed under this chapter shall conspicuously display their license in their principal place of business. Persons now licensed in this state, or who shall hereafter be licensed by the Board of Veterinary Medicine as veterinarians or veterinary te…

156.071 REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an expired license, which is suspended by the board pursuant to section 156.07, may be reinstated at any time within five years after its suspension on filing an application with the board and…

156.072 NONRESIDENTS; LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.Application. A doctor of veterinary medicine duly admitted to practice in any state, commonwealth, territory, or district of the United States or province of Canada desiring permission to practice veterinary medicine in this state s…

156.0721 INSTITUTIONAL LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.Application and eligibility. (a) Any person who seeks to practice veterinary medicine while employed by the University of Minnesota and who is not eligible for a regular license shall make a written application to the board for an…

156.073 TEMPORARY PERMIT. The board may issue without examination a temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine in this state to a person who has submitted an application approved by the board for license pending examination, and holds a doctor of veterinary medicine degree …

156.074 TEMPORARY LICENSE. A graduate of a nonaccredited or approved college of veterinary medicine, who has satisfactorily completed the fourth year of clinical study at an approved or accredited college of veterinary medicine and has successfully passed the national examination…

156.075 REQUIREMENT FOR EQUINE TEETH FLOATERS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section the following terms have the meanings given them. (a) "Equine teeth floating" means: (1) removal of enamel points from teeth with handheld, nonmotorized, non-air-powered files…

156.076 DIRECT SUPERVISION; UNLICENSED VETERINARY EMPLOYEES. (a) An unlicensed veterinary employee may only administer medication or render auxiliary or supporting assistance under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian or licensed veterinary technician. (b) This secti…

156.077 LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIANS. § Subdivision 1.Licensure; practice. (a) The board shall issue a license to practice as a veterinary technician to an applicant who satisfies the requirements in this section and those imposed by the board in rule. A licensed veterinary te…

156.078 NONRESIDENTS; LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIANS. A credentialed veterinary technician duly admitted to practice in any state, commonwealth, territory, or district of the United States or province of Canada who desires permission to practice veterinary technology in this sta…

156.081 REVOCATION; SUSPENSION. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The board may limit, suspend, or revoke the license of any person to practice veterinary medicine in this state for any of the causes provided in this section. The executive director, in all cases of disciplined licenses,…

156.082 VETERINARY MEDICAL RECORDS. Veterinary records of a client that are maintained by a state agency, statewide system, or political subdivision are private data on individuals or nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02. History: 1996 c 415 s 16

156.10 UNLAWFUL PRACTICE WITHOUT LICENSE OR PERMIT; GROSS MISDEMEANOR. It is a gross misdemeanor for any person to practice veterinary medicine in the state without having first secured a veterinary license or temporary permit, as provided in this chapter. History: (5851-10) 1937…

156.11 FIRMS NOT TO PRACTICE. (a) It is unlawful in Minnesota for any firm, other than one organized pursuant to chapter 319B, to practice veterinary medicine, or to hold itself out or advertise itself in any way as being entitled to practice veterinary medicine, or to receive co…

156.12 PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. § Subdivision 1.Practice. The practice of veterinary medicine, as used in this chapter, shall mean the diagnosis, treatment, correction, relief, or prevention of animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or mental conditi…

156.121 FACILITY INSPECTION. The executive director, or an authorized representative of the board may, in response to a complaint, inspect a facility in which veterinary medicine is practiced, at any time during which the facility is open for business, to ensure compliance with t…

156.122 COURTS TO REPORT. The court administrator shall report to the board a judgment or finding by a court that a person regulated by the board: (1) is a person who is mentally ill, chemically dependent, mentally ill and dangerous to the public, or is a sexual psychopathic pers…

156.123 COOPERATION REQUIRED. A regulated person who is the subject of an investigation, or who is questioned in connection with an investigation, by or on behalf of the board shall cooperate fully with the investigation. Requests must be consistent with the nature and seriousnes…

156.124 IMMUNITY. Any licensee of the board, person, agency, institution, facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability for submitting a report in good faith to the board under this section or for otherwise reporting to the board violations or alleged violati…

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 autho…

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 direct…

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 lic…

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 ref…

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

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 a…

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 dist…

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 …

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 wi…

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 …

156.20 INSPECTIONS AND SAMPLES. § Subdivision 1.Authority. To enforce sections 156.16 to 156.19, a veterinarian must allow authorized representatives of the Board of Veterinary Medicine, after receiving allegations of a violation of sections 156.16 to 156.19 and upon presenting a…