Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 31 - STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 31.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
AAVSB
-The American Association of
						Veterinary State Boards or its successor organization.
Act
-The Veterinary Medicine Practice Act
						(63
						P.S. §§
												485.1-485.33).
Advertising
-Newspaper and periodical
						announcements and listings, professional cards, office and other signs,
						letterheads, telephone and other directory listings, and other forms of
						communication designed to inform the public about the availability, nature or
						prices of products or services.
Animal abuse
-To do, order or aid another
						to do any act likely to cause unnecessary pain, injury, debility, disease or
						lameness, or unnecessary fright, stress, panic or hysteria in an animal.
Approved school
-A school accredited by
						the American Veterinary Medical Association, including provisionally,
						probationally and fully accredited programs.
Board
-The State Board of Veterinary
						Medicine.
Certified veterinary technician
-A
						veterinary technician certified by the Board.
Client
-A person who engages the
						professional services of a veterinarian for the care and treatment or the
						prevention, cure or alleviation of disease or injury, of an animal.
Consultation
-A deliberation between two
						or more licensed veterinarians or a licensed veterinarian and other licensed
						professional concerning the diagnosis of an animal's condition, the care to be
						provided and the proper management of the case.
Direct veterinary supervision
-A
						veterinarian has given either oral or written instructions to the certified
						veterinary technician, veterinary assistant, or other licensed professional as
						set forth in Principle 6(b) of §
											31.21 (relating to Rules of
						Professional Conduct for Veterinarians), and the veterinarian is on the
						premises and is easily and quickly available to assist the certified veterinary
						technician, veterinary assistant or other licensed professional.
Endorsement
or
testimonial
-A statement of recommendation made through a form
						of mass communication or correspondence by a veterinarian to the general public
						which is commercially rather than educationally motivated and is intended to
						influence attitudes regarding the purchase of a veterinary drug, device,
						product or procedure.
Immediate veterinary supervision
-A
						veterinarian is in visual and audible range to assist the veterinary
						assistant.
Indirect veterinary supervision
-A
						veterinarian is not on the premises but is acquainted with the keeping and care
						of the animal by virtue of an examination of the animal or medically
						appropriate and timely visits to the premises where the animal is kept, and has
						given written or oral instructions to the certified veterinary technician for
						treatment of the animal patient.
Merchandising
-Buying and selling of
						professional veterinary products without a veterinarian/client
						relationship.
Neglect
-To abandon an animal or deprive,
						either personally or through one's employees or agents, an animal over which
						one has a duty of care, whether belonging to himself or otherwise, of necessary
						sustenance, drink, shelter or veterinary care appropriate to the animal's
						condition or access to sanitary shelter and support for an animal's basic
						physical and emotional needs.
Professional veterinary product
-One
						which requires professional veterinary knowledge in the administration of or in
						the giving of instructions for safe and proper use of the product, including
						prescription drugs, biologicals, pharmaceuticals and prescription diets.
Solicitation
-Advertising intentionally
						directed to specific individuals.
VTNE
-The Veterinary Technician National
						Examination or its successor examination-An examination owned and administered
						by the AAVSB used to evaluate the competency of entry-level veterinary
						technicians.
VTS-Veterinary technician specialist
-A
						certified veterinary technician who holds current certification from a
						specialty organization recognized by the National Association of Veterinary
						Technicians in America (NAVTA).
Veterinarian
-A licensed doctor of
						veterinary medicine as defined in section 3 of the act (63 P.S. §
												485.3).
Veterinary assistant
-An employee of a
						veterinarian who does not hold certification as a veterinary technician and
						whom the veterinarian deems competent to perform the tasks set forth in §
											31.31(b)
						(relating to scope of practice) under direct veterinary supervision or
						immediate veterinary supervision.
The provisions of this §
													31.1 amended under sections
						  3(10)(viii), 5, 11, 13, 21(12) and 32(6) of the Veterinary Medicine Practice
						  Act (63 P.S. §§
														485.3(10)(viii),
						  485.5,
						  485.11,
						  485.13,
						  485.21(12) and
						  485.32(6)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
													31.38 (relating to code of ethics
						  for certified veterinary
						  technicians).