Idaho Code 54-2113 – Corporate Practice
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(1) A veterinary medical practice may be conducted only as a sole proprietorship, as a partnership or as a professional entity as defined in part 9, chapter 21, title 30, Idaho Code. No business corporation, other than a professional entity, shall be organized for the practice of veterinary medicine or shall provide veterinary medical services.
(2) A not-for-profit corporation may own property in connection with a veterinary medical facility or animal shelter, provided that an actively licensed veterinarian makes all the decisions pertaining to diagnosis, care and treatment of the patients.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-2113
- Animal: means any animal other than man and includes fowl, birds, fish and reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. See Idaho Code 54-2103
- 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.
- Licensed veterinarian: means a person who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state. See Idaho Code 54-2103
- 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.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
- Veterinary medical facility: means any premises, office, unit, structure, mobile unit, or area utilized for the practice of veterinary medicine other than the premises of an owner when used for treatment of the owner’s animal. See Idaho Code 54-2103