Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 811 - Veterinary Medicine Board › Chapter 1 - Description of Organization and Definitions › Rule 811-1.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As used in the rules of the board, unless the context otherwise
				entails:
"AAVSB"
means the American Association of
				Veterinary State Boards.
"AVMA"
means the American Veterinary Medical
				Association.
"AVMA-accredited"
means colleges in the United
				States and foreign colleges evaluated by the AVMA Council on Education and
				found to meet accreditation standards as published.
"AVMA-listed"
means a foreign college
				recognized by the World Health Organization or the government of its own
				country whose graduates are eligible to practice veterinary medicine in that
				country and whose graduates may qualify for entrance in the ECFVG certification
				program.
"Board"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code
				section 169.3(4).
"Certificate of registration"
means a
				certificate issued by the board to a veterinary technician who has met the
				requirements of Iowa Code section
				169.34 and rule
				811-8.1 (169) to perform
				authorized veterinary medical services to an animal patient under the
				supervision of a supervising veterinarian.
"Classroom"
means any location where
				veterinary students are present and educational or research activities are
				being provided.
"Client"
means the patient's owner, owner's
				designee, or other person responsible for the patient.
"Client consent"
means that the licensed
				veterinarian has informed the client of the reasonable and usual diagnostic and
				treatment options available and provides an assessment of the risks and
				benefits of such choices, the prognosis and an estimate of the fees expected
				for the provision of services. The consent of the client shall be provided in
				verbal or written form prior to initiation of diagnostic and treatment
				procedures and documented in the medical record by the licensed veterinarian or
				veterinary auxiliary personnel. Consent is valid if it indicates that the
				client's questions have been answered to the client's satisfaction and that the
				client consents to the recommended treatments or procedures.
"Credential"
means, as applicable, a
				certificate, license, or permit issued by the board.
"Credential holder"
means a person who holds a
				certificate, license, or permit issued by the board.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				agriculture and land stewardship.
"ECFVG"
means the Educational Commission for
				Foreign Veterinary Graduates.
"Emergency"
means that an animal has been
				placed in a life-threatening condition and immediate treatment is necessary to
				sustain life or that death is imminent and action is necessary to relieve
				extreme pain or suffering.
"ICVA"
means the International Council for
				Veterinary Assessment.
"License"
means a credential issued by the
				board that permits a person to practice veterinary medicine.
"Licensee"
means a person holding a license
				issued by the board.
"NAVLE"
means the North American Veterinary
				Licensing Examination.
"Patient"
means an animal or group of animals
				examined or treated by a licensed veterinarian.
"PAVE"
means the Program for the Assessment of
				Veterinary Education Equivalence.
"Permit"
means a temporary educational permit
				or a temporary in-state practice permit issued by the board pursuant to rule
				811-9.1(169).
"Permit holder"
means a person holding a
				permit issued by the board.
"Physical examination"
means a veterinarian is
				physically proximate, hands-on to the patient and subjectively and objectively
				evaluates the patient's health status through the use of observation,
				auscultation, palpation, percussion or manipulations, or, for a group of
				patients, the veterinarian is physically proximate to the group of patients and
				has subjectively and objectively assessed a representative sample of the
				patients.
"Premises"
means the land, buildings,
				enclosures, and facilities operated or owned by the client where the patient or
				representative patients are housed, kept, located, or grazed.
"Qualifying military service personnel"
means
				a person, or the spouse of that person, who is currently or who has been during
				the past 12 months on federal active duty, state active duty, or national guard
				duty and has provided sufficient documentation to the board concerning the
				service and, if applicable, marriage.
"RACE"
means the Registry of Approved
				Continuing Education, which is the national clearinghouse for approval of
				continuing education providers and their programs. All RACE-approved continuing
				education providers and programs are listed on the American Association of
				Veterinary State Boards website.
"Veterinarian"
means the same as defined in
				Iowa Code section 169.3(11).
"Veterinary student certificate"
means a
				certificate issued by the board to a veterinary student to practice on an
				animal pursuant to 811-subrule 6.7(3).
"VTNE"
means the Veterinary Technician
				National Examination.
"VTSE"
means the veterinary technician state
				examination.