Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 321.351

• AAHP facility: means any building, fixed facility, place, premises, mobile facility, mobile unit, or location from which the practice of allied animal health professionals on animals is conducted or performed, including but not limited to a mobile clinic or facility, outpatient clinic, emergency facility, specialty facility, referral facility, human facility, or center. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• AAHP manager: means at least one (1) board-permitted AAHP who registers to assume responsibility for the registration, management, and operation of a registered allied animal health professional facility. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Animal: means any member of the animal kingdom other than a human, whether living or dead. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Applicant: means a person who submits an application for licensure, certification, permit, or registration, whether complete or not, to the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Board: means the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Certified animal control agency: means an animal shelter that is certified by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Conviction: means a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a crime by a court of competent jurisdiction and shall include a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of guilt, a no contest plea, a plea of nolo contendere, or a guilty plea. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Credential: means :
  (a) Any license, certificate, permit, registration, or other credential issued or approved by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Credential holder: means a person who holds an approved credential issued by the board, which may be one (1) or more of the following:
  (a) Certificate. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Designated on-site manager: means a person who registers with the board to assume responsibility for the ordering, management, use, and disposal of controlled substances at a certified animal control agency. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• 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.
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Impaired: means that a credential holder, designated on-site manager, veterinarian manager, AAHP manager, or registered responsible party may reasonably be unable to perform that person's duties with competence, skill, and safety because of a physical or mental disability or incapacity, including deterioration of mental capacity, loss of motor skills, or substance use or disorder of sufficient degree which may reasonably diminish the person's ability to deliver competent patient care. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative, corporation, governmental body, or any other group, legal entity, or combination acting in concert, and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver, or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest, assignee, agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative of the person. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Practice of veterinary medicine: means any person who practices veterinary medicine when performing any one (1) or more of the following on an animal:
  (a) Directly or indirectly diagnoses, prognoses, corrects, changes, relieves, prevents, supervises, recommends, or performs medical or surgical treatment, including complementary and alternative veterinary medicine therapies, obstetrics, dentistry, oral surgery, acupuncture, laser therapy, manipulation, and all other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine, for the diagnosis, prevention, cure, or relief of a wound, defect, deformity, fracture, bodily injury, disease, or dental, physical, behavioral, or mental condition. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Practice of veterinary technology: means :
  (a) The practices of veterinary technology when performing patient care, professional medical care, monitoring, treatment, or other services on an animal that require a technical understanding of veterinary medicine on the basis of written or oral instruction of a veterinarian, or under supervision of a veterinarian. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• 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.
• Prescription: means an order for a drug or medicine, combination or mixture of drugs or medicines, or proprietary preparation that is signed, given, or authorized and intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in a patient. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Registered responsible party: means at least one (1) person who:
  (a) Does not otherwise hold a credential with the board who is designated as the registered responsible party on a facility registration and is responsible for its operation and management in conjunction with the veterinarian manager or allied animal health professional manager. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Veterinarian: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181