Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4860 – License required
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A person may not practice veterinary medicine in this State who is not a licensed veterinarian or the holder of a permit for the performance of relief veterinary service issued by the board. This section does not apply to: [PL 2015, c. 209, §13 (AMD).]
1. Federal, state or local government employee. An employee of the federal, state or local government performing his official duties.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4860
- Animal: means any animal other than man and includes fowl, birds, fish and reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Board: means the State Board of Veterinary Medicine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Direct supervision: means any time when a supervisor is on the premises and is quickly and easily available. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Licensed veterinarian: means a person who is validly and currently licensed by the board to practice veterinary medicine in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative and corporation or any other group or combination acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver or as any other kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest, assignee, agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer or any other representative of such person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Relief veterinary service: means the practice of veterinary medicine in Maine on a temporary basis by a qualified veterinarian not licensed to practice in this State for the purpose of substituting for a Maine-licensed veterinarian at a specified location during the licensee's absence or period of incapacitation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Veterinarian: means a person who has received a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from a school of veterinary medicine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
- Veterinary medicine: includes veterinary surgery, obstetrics, dentistry and all other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine including all aspects of the "practice of veterinary medicine" under subsection 7. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4853
2. Regular student. A person who is a regular student in a veterinary school performing duties or actions assigned by his instructors or working under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian during a school vacation period.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
3. Person performing accepted livestock practices.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
4. Out-of-state veterinarian consulting with licensed veterinarian. A veterinarian legally licensed in another state consulting with a licensed veterinarian in this State.
[PL 1975, c. 623, §51-B (RPR).]
5. Owner or caretaker of an animal. The owner or caretaker of an animal and the owner’s regular employee caring for and treating the animal belonging to such owner, except where the ownership of the animal was transferred for purposes of circumventing this chapter.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
6. Certain faculty members. A member of the faculty of a veterinary school performing his regular functions, or a person lecturing or giving instructions or demonstrating at a veterinary school or in connection with a continuing education course or seminar.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
7. Person applying certain chemicals. Any person selling or applying any pesticide or insecticide for the betterment and protection of the animal.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
8. Person engaged in scientific research. Any person engaging in bona fide scientific research which reasonably requires experimentation involving animals.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
9. Person performing artificial insemination commercially. Any person on file with the Maine Department of Agriculture performing artificial insemination.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
10. Persons performing horseshoeing and trimming of feet.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
11.
[PL 1979, c. 291, §4 (RP).]
12. Animal and humane shelters under the supervision of a licensed Maine veterinarian.
[PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 623, §51B (AMD). PL 1979, c. 291, §4 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 48, §3 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 209, §13 (AMD).