Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 41 > Subchapter I - General Provisions

• Animal: means any animal except a human being. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Client: means the person who owns or who has primary responsibility for the care of a patient. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Department: means the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Dispense: means the act of delivering a drug to a person who may lawfully possess the drug, including the compounding, packaging or labeling necessary to prepare the drug for delivery. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Drug: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Examining board: means the veterinary examining board. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Extra-label use: means use of a drug in a manner that is not in accordance with the directions for use that are contained on the label affixed to the container in which the drug is dispensed. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Patient: means an animal that is examined or treated by a veterinarian. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Pharmacist: means an individual who is licensed as a pharmacist under ch. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Prescription: means a written, oral or electronic order from a veterinarian to a pharmacist or to another veterinarian that authorizes the pharmacist or other veterinarian to dispense a drug, or from a veterinarian to a client that authorizes the client to make extra-label use of a drug. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02
• Veterinarian: means a practitioner of veterinary medicine who is duly licensed by the examining board. See Wisconsin Statutes 89.02