North Carolina Veterinary Practice Act

North Carolina · 90 · §§ 90-179 to 90-187.9 · 27 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.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 5 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 146 N.C. App. 258 - In Re Denial of Request for Full Administrative Hearing

Sections covered

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-179Purpose of Article1 cite
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-180Title1 cite
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-181Definitions
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-181.1Facility names and levels of service
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-182North Carolina Veterinary Medical Board; appointment, membership, organization
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-183Meeting of Board
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-184Compensation of the Board
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-185General powers of the Board1 cite
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-186Special powers of the Board1 cite
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187Application for license; qualifications1 cite
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.1Examinations
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.10Necessity for license; certain practices exempted
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.11Repealed by Session Laws 2019-170, s. 6(b), effective August 16, 2024
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.12Unauthorized practice; penalty
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.13Injunctions
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.14Veterinary faculty certificates and zoo veterinary certificates
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.15Board agreement for programs for impaired veterinary personnel
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.16Practice of veterinary medicine allowed at registered animal shelters
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.17Inspection process
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.2Status of persons previously licensed
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.3Applicants licensed in other states
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.4Temporary permit
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.5License renewal
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.6Veterinary technicians and staff
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.7Abandonment of animals; notice to owner; relief from liability for disposal; "abandoned" defined
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.8Discipline of licensees
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-187.9Reinstatement

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Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee

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