North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 90 > Article 11 – Veterinarians
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- Accredited school of veterinary medicine: Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and that conforms to the standards required for accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Animal: Any animal, mammal other than man and includes birds, fish, and reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Animal dentistry: The treatment, extraction, cleaning, adjustment, or "floating" (filing or smoothing) of an animal's teeth, and treatment of an animal's gums. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Board: The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Board. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- cruelty: include every act, omission, or neglect causing or permitting unjustifiable physical pain, suffering, or death. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Cruelty to animals: To willfully overdrive, overload, wound, injure, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill any animal, or cause or procure any of these acts to be done to an animal. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Impairment: An individual's inability to practice veterinary medicine. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Limited veterinary license or limited license: A license issued by the Board under authority of this Article that specifically, by its terms, restricts the scope or areas of practice of veterinary medicine by the holder of the limited license. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- oath: shall be construed to include "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: Any individual, firm, entity, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative or corporation, or any other group or combination acting in concert. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Practice of veterinary medicine: Any of the following:
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
- property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Staff: Any person performing duties under the direction and supervision of a veterinarian. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Veterinarian: A person who has received a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from an accredited school of veterinary medicine and who is licensed by the Board to practice veterinary medicine. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Veterinarian-client-patient relationship: Includes all of the following:
- Veterinary consulting: When any person, whose expertise the veterinarian believes would benefit the veterinarian's patient, provides advice by any means of communication to a veterinarian at the veterinarian's direction or request. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Veterinary license or license: A license to practice veterinary medicine issued by the Board. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Veterinary medicine: Includes veterinary surgery, obstetrics, dentistry, and all other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-181
- Veterinary technician: Either of the following persons: