Maine Veterinary Practice Act
Maine · Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators · §§ 4851 to 4879 · 33 sections
Overview
This act establishes a regulatory framework for the practice of veterinary medicine, creating a state veterinary board with rulemaking, investigative, and disciplinary authority over the profession. It sets licensing requirements for veterinarians and veterinary technicians — covering education at approved veterinary schools, examinations, temporary and reciprocal licenses, renewal, and continuing education — and defines exemptions from those requirements. It also prohibits and penalizes unlicensed practice, regulates the ownership of veterinary practices and the permitting of premises, provides for peer review and wellness committees with attendant confidentiality and immunity protections, and addresses ancillary matters such as liens for services and the euthanasia of animals.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4851Legislative findings
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4852Short Title
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4853Definitions
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4854State Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4855Officers
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4856Meetings; chair
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4857Removal
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4858Expenses
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4859Powers
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4859-ANotice and conduct of hearing
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4860License required
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4861Application for license; qualifications and examination; endorsement
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4861-AApplication for veterinary technician license; qualifications and examination
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4862Status of persons currently licensed
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4863License renewal
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4863-AFees
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4864Denial or refusal to renew license; disciplinary action
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4865Veterinary technicians
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4865-ARevocation, suspension or discipline
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4866Duties of licensed veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4867Hearing
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4868Appeal
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4869Reinstatement
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4870Enforcement
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4871Duties of the board
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4872Disposal of abandoned animals
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4873Severability
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4874Immunity from civil liability
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4875Notice of services
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4876Prescriptions of other veterinarians
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4877Veterinarian-client-patient relationship required; Good Samaritan exception
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4878Requirements regarding prescribing and dispensing benzodiazepine or opioid medication
- Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 4879Telehealth services
Enacted in other states
Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee
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