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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    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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  • SB 448, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/12/2021 at 2:57 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 1/14/2022 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 723 (c2) Medical Treatment of Animals Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Rules Track This Bill
    H 667 (c1) Department of Business and Professional Regulation Commerce Committee Compare Last Action: 3/7/2022 H Laid on Table Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    233706 - Amendment
    Delete lines 65 - 152 and insert:     		Regulated Industries
    (Brodeur)     		1/14/2022
    11:19 AM     		Withdrawn
    2/8/2022     		Web Page
    PDF
    776064 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Regulated Industries
    (Brodeur)     		2/3/2022
    2:52 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 952970 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (776064)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Regulated Industries
    (Rouson)     		2/7/2022
    12:42 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    474.202 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    474.2021 Page 2 (pdf)
    474.203 Exemptions. Page 4 (pdf)
    474.214 Disciplinary proceedings. Page 5 (pdf)
    828.30 Rabies vaccination of dogs, cats, and ferrets. Page 3 (pdf)

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