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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - VETERINARY PRACTICE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives DeSimone, Palangio, Lima, Palumbo, and Slater | |
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Date Introduced: February 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 5-25-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-25 entitled "Veterinary |
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Practice" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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5-25-11. Licensing of veterinarians. -- (a) By Examination. - The applicant is required |
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to pass, with a grade determined by the division, an examination approved by the division; upon |
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payment of an examination fee as set forth in section 23-1-54 every candidate who passes that |
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examination, and in the opinion of the division meets the qualifications of section 5-25-10, shall, |
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upon payment of an initial license fee, which shall be equal to the biennial license renewal fee in |
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effect, be issued a license to practice veterinary medicine. Veterinarians licensed under the |
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provisions of this chapter on August 31, 1985 shall continue to be licensed. |
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(b) Without Examination by Endorsement. - A license to practice veterinary medicine |
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may be issued without examination to an applicant who has been duly licensed by examination as |
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a veterinarian under the laws of another state or territory or District of Columbia, if, in the |
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opinion of the division, the applicant meets the qualifications required of veterinarians in this |
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state, as further defined in rules and regulations. |
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(c) Emergency or natural disaster. A veterinarian who is properly and currently licensed |
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or credentialed in another state may practice, without written examination or other qualification, |
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in the state of Rhode Island during an emergency or natural disaster as determined by the Rhode |
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Island state veterinarian or the director of the division of agriculture. Said veterinarian shall |
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provide only those services that are at the direction of the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the |
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chief of the division of agriculture and are directly related to a response to an emergency or |
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natural disaster and only until the services of the veterinarian are no longer required as |
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determined by the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would allow licensed veterinarians in other states to practice in Rhode Island |
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during emergency situations at the direction of the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of |
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the division of agriculture. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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