May 16, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Mortimer and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 18811 and 18821 (MCL 333.18811 and 333.18821),
section 18811 as amended by 1982 PA 353 and section 18821 as
amended by 1993 PA 79.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18811. (1) A person shall not engage in the practice of
veterinary medicine unless licensed or otherwise authorized by this
article.
(2) After July 1, 1979, an individual shall not practice as a
veterinary technician without a license.
(3) A veterinary technician shall not diagnose animal
diseases, prescribe medical or surgical treatment, or perform as a
surgeon.
(4) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination
thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are
restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part
to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this part:
"veterinary", "veterinarian", "veterinary doctor", "veterinary
surgeon", "doctor of veterinary medicine", "v.m.d.", "d.v.m.",
"animal technician", or "animal technologist".
Sec. 18821. (1) The Michigan board of veterinary medicine is
created in the department and shall consist of the following 9
members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 5
veterinarians, 1 veterinary technician, and 3 public members. The
chief of the animal health division of the department of
agriculture is an ex officio member without vote.
(2) The requirement of section 16135(d) that a board member
shall have practiced that profession for 2 years immediately before
appointment is waived until September 30, 1980 for members of the
board who are licensed in a health profession subfield created by
this part.
(3) The terms of office of individual members of the board
created under this section, except those appointed to fill
vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on December 31 of the
year in which the term expires.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
05150'05) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.