Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXXXV - Veterinarians › Chapter 7 - Veterinary Practice › Section LXXXV-714 - Student/Shelters and Faculty Veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A person who is a regular student in an
				accredited veterinary school who is performing duties or actions assigned by
				his instructors as part of his curriculum under the direct supervision of a
				faculty veterinarian who is licensed by the board; however, the student's role
				shall be limited to assisting the licensed faculty veterinarian in a support
				capacity during assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and surgery in the shelters
				pre-approved by the board on shelter animals only. For example, observation of
				procedures and services by the student and the performance of menial support
				tasks to assist the licensed faculty veterinarian are legally permissible.
				However, the licensed faculty veterinarian must be the primary veterinarian, or
				surgeon of record, in all situations. To allow the student to perform beyond
				the support capacity as defined in this rule would, in effect, permit the
				student to enter into the realm of veterinary practice without first having to
				meet the requirements necessary to have a license as established by the
				Louisiana Veterinary Practice Act and the Louisiana Board of Veterinary
				Medicine rules.
B. Direct
				supervision is defined as "continuous, visual, and on-site supervision" which
				shall only be performed by a faculty veterinarian licensed by, and accountable
				to, the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine as per its regulatory authority.
				Accordingly, the licensed faculty veterinarian and the program shall comply
				with all requirements established by the Veterinary Practice Act and the
				board's rules regarding the practice of veterinary medicine including, but not
				limited to, such practice standards as a proper surgical facility, record
				keeping, aftercare, prescriptions, drug/device maintenance, etc. The faculty
				veterinarian as a licensed veterinarian shall be ultimately responsible, and
				accountable to the board, for the duties, actions, or work performed by the
				student; however, at no time shall the student's role extend beyond assisting
				the licensed faculty veterinarian in a support capacity during assessment,
				diagnosis, treatment, and surgery in the shelters pre-approved by the board on
				shelter animals only.
C. The tasks
				assigned to a student is at the discretion of the supervising faculty
				veterinarian licensed by the board who shall be ultimately responsible and held
				accountable by the board for the duties, actions, or work performed by the
				student, however, at no time shall the student's role extend beyond assisting
				the licensed faculty veterinarian in a support capacity during assessment,
				diagnosis, treatment, and surgery. In addition, the tasks assigned to the
				student shall encompass the care, treatment, and/or surgery of one shelter
				animal at a time at a shelter pre-approved by the board. Again, the licensed
				faculty veterinarian must be the primary veterinarian, or surgeon of record, in
				each individual situation.
D. Prior
				to commencement of a student's participation in a program, the supervising
				faculty veterinarian licensed by the board must first notify the board of such
				on board approved forms.
E. A
				student shall not be permitted to perform supervision of any nature, as defined
				in §700 and 702,
				of the tasks or procedures performed by other personnel of the shelter at
				issue.
F. The duties, actions or
				work performed by a student shall not be considered a component of, nor applied
				to, the requirements regarding the preceptorship program established by the
				board. The period of time necessary to satisfactorily complete a preceptorship
				program shall not run concurrently with the period of time a student performs
				or works as such.
G. A student
				extern who is working during a school vacation for a licensed veterinarian
				shall be under continuous, visual, and on-site supervision of a veterinarian
				licensed by the board. The supervising veterinarian shall be ultimately
				responsible and held accountable by the board for the duties, actions, or work
				performed by such person; however, at no time shall the student's role extend
				beyond observing the supervising veterinarian in a support capacity during
				assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and surgery. The student extern shall not
				perform supervision of any nature, as defined in
				§700 and
				§702, of the tasks or procedures performed by other personnel of the
				facility at issue.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:1518.