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SB 448: Veterinary Telehealth

GENERAL BILL by Brodeur

Veterinary Telehealth; Citing this act as the “Providing Equity in Telemedicine Services (PETS) Act”; defining the term “telemedicine”; authorizing veterinarians to practice telemedicine; requiring veterinarians using telemedicine to establish a veterinarian/client/patient relationship and meet certain professional standards; authorizing employees, agents, or contractors of animal control authorities to administer rabies vaccinations under certain circumstances; providing that a supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person vaccinating animals at the supervising veterinarian’s discretion or under his or her supervision, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
 Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Regulated Industries
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Agriculture (AG)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/12/2021 Senate • Filed
10/21/2021 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Agriculture; Rules -SJ 26
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 26
1/13/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/18/22, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2/3/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/08/22, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2/7/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Not Received
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Regulated Industries