Licensing requirement for practice of veterinary medicine; establishment of veterinarian-client-patient relationship
Known as the Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act
The act spans §§ 73–73 (26 sections).
Laws, 2005, ch. 421, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 447, § 5, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 8, 2008.
(1) No person may practice veterinary medicine in the state who is not a licensed veterinarian or the holder of a valid temporary permit issued by the board unless otherwise exempt under this chapter.
(2) No person may practice veterinary medicine in the state except within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.
(3) A veterinarian-client-patient relationship cannot be established solely by telephonic or other electronic means.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.