Jurisprudence: Rules of conduct

Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

Equine Dental Provider Jurisprudence Exam

National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: Produces, administers, and scores the national exam

North American Veterinary Licensing Examination: Replaced national exam in 2000

75%

75%

85%

NBE (National Board Examination) and CCT (clinical competency test)

State Board Examination

Veterinary Technician National Examination

Licensed Veterinary Technician Jurisprudence Examination

Program of education for vet techs accredited by AVMA

American Veterinary Medical Association

Yes

• 1) 18 years old
• 2) Passed both national and state boards
• 3) Graduate of a vet tech program
• 4) Pass national before apply for state board exam

• 1) Age of majority 
• 2) Passed national and state exams
• 3) Graduate of a school of vet medicine approved by board

• 1) Availability of the NAVLE 
• 2) Number of years petitioner has been in practice
• 3) Petitioners license status and standing in other jurisdictions 
• 4) Status in specialty

• 1) Passing score of 85 on EDPE 
• 2) Certified by International Association of Equine Dentists or other approved entity

Yes

Once a year

• 1) Age of majority 
• 2) Graduate of vet school
• 3) Written affirmation of the Dean of school
• 4) Pass jurisprudence exam

A person seeking regular vet license in Texas, will not renew, reissue, or extend a provisional license

• 1) Proof of current active license in another state or jurisdiction of US
• 2) Proof of passing national exam
• 3) Passing of 85% on state boards
• 4) Payment of application fee
• 5) Proof of graduation from vet school
• 6) Proof of vet experience

• 1) Application for temporary licensing 
• 2) Board verify licensed in states listed in application
• 3) File application with the Texas Department of Public Safety 
• 4) Application and state board fees are waived
• Valid for 120 days or when disaster is over, which ever occurs first

• 1) Age of majority
• 2) Graduate of vet school
• 3) Passed national exam by at least 75%
• 4) Active license in good standing in another state
• 5) Not under final or current disciplinary ruling
• 6) Proof of minimum 17 hrs CE

• 1) American association of veterinary state boards 
• 2) Official reporting service for the NAVLE

• 1) Didint show up to first attempt of the exam
• 2) Didnt pass first attempt

• 1) Provides notice no less than 14 days before exam that they will not be attending
• 2) Unable to take exam due to emergency

Executive director of the board

Vets claiming active military duty or retirees

Voluntary and permanent conclusion of a vet licensee's practice of vet medicine

• 1) Pay annual fee plus $25
• 2) If completed 17 hrs of annual CE then no further CE 
• If not completed 17 hrs annual then must complete 34 hrs within 12 months of being reinstated

• 1) Petition board in writing and complete exam for reinstatement application with fees
• 2) May have to take national exam before taking state board

March 10th of each year

• 1) Application
• 2) Current photo

March 1 of each year

Yes

Yes until paid or payment plan in place

No

State board of veterinary medical examiners

A vet knows something bad about another vet and doesn't come forward with the information

No

30

Yes

No

• 1) LEDP
• 2) Animal chiropractic

Yes only under immediate supervision

Yes under direct supervision and only if their is a current vet-client-patient relationship

Yes to prevent death or suffering of the patient

Therapeutic application by use of hands or any mechanical device to treat and/or alleviate impaired or altered function of the musculoskeletal system

• 1) Has a valid V-C-P-R 
• 2) Exam done
• 3) Obtains signed statement from owner saying this is an alternative therapy

• 1) Licensed vet
• 2) Non- licensed employee- under direct/general
• 3) Independent contractor- under direct/general

Mechanical radiant energy with a frequency greater than 20 kilocycles per second.

Part of the science of acoustics dealing with the frequency range beyond the upper limit of perception by the human ear, but usually restricted to frequencies above 500 kilocycles per second

Effect of ultrasound which is injurious to tissues because of its thermal effects when absorbed by living matter

Controlled doses of ultrasound used therapeutically to selectively break down pathologic tissues, as in treatment of arthritis and lesions of the nervous system.

Ultrasound images used as a diagnostic aid by visually displaying echoes received from irradiated tissues

Visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections of pulses of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissues

• 1) Vet must have ordered ultrasound
• 2) Must have V-C-P-R
• 3) Vet makes the diagnosis

• 1) Vet has V-C-P-R
• 2) Vet has made a diagnosis
• 3) Vet has ordered ultrasound as treatment
• 4) Must only be done at vets request

Insertion of an acupuncture needle and the application of moxibustion to specific areas of animal's body to relieve the discomfort associated with painful disorders, to induce surgical anesthesia, and for therapeutic purposes

Only vet

• 1) Valid V-C-P-R
• 2) Physical exam
• 3) Release form signed by owner

Only vet

Practice of veterinary medicine that believes in a blend of alternative and/or conventional approaches of treatment in an effort to develop a system of complementary medicine to treat the patient

• 1) Herbal medicine
• 2) Acupuncture
• 3) Chiropractic 
• 4) Homeopathy

System of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by substances which are capable of producing in healthy animals symptoms like those of the disease to be treated, the substance being administered in minute doses

Yes

• 1) Remove sharp enamel projections
• 2) Remove small overgrowths
• 3) Filing 
• 4) Reducing incisors 
• 5) Extract loose teeth
• 6) Remove calculus
• 7) Remove non wolf teeth

• 1) At clients request
• 2) After the completion of treatment/diagnosis
• 3) Referral to another vet
• 4) Notice to client providing reasonable period of time for client to secure other services

Provide referral

Current exam of patient done by the vet

• 1) Written/oral authorization waiver by client
• 2) Court ordered or subpoena
• 3) As necessary to obtain debt for services

• 1) Written notice form in area frequented by clients
• 2) Brochure in frequented area
• 3) Statement on clients bill

Truthful information

Only if they are board certified in that specialty

Yes

No

• 1) Vet name, address, and telephone number
• 2) Date of dispensing 
• 3) Species of animal
• 4) Name, strength and quantity of drug
• 5) Directions for use
• 6) Cautionary statements
• 7) Clients address and name

Medical purposes, not for enhancing purposes

DEA and DPS

• 1) Registered vet gives supervises or employs a person 
• 2) Vet has knowledge of person dispensing drugs
• 3) Vet has given written permission for person to dispense under their license 
• 4) Person is registered with DPS and vet has knowledge of this

Behind double locked door along with the drug log book

• 1) Date which drug was compounded 
• 2) Name and strength of active ingredients 
• 3) Identity of treated animals 
• 4) Withdrawl/withholding times if necessary 
• 5) Condition/disease being treated
• 6) Date dispensed
• 7) Expiration date

Their is a FDA approved animal med or human med that will treat patient

No

In enough time to ensure safety for human consumption

• 1) Compounded drugs
• 2) Use in species not on label
• 3) Use for disease/condition not on label
• 4) Use at dosages, frequencies or routes of administration not on label
• 5) Deviation from withdraw time

5 years

• 1) Date of acquisition
• 2) Quantity purchased  
• 3) Date administered 
• 4) Quantity dispensed 
• 5) Name of client/patient receiving drugs 
• 6) Total balance on hand of drug

• 1) Owners name, address, telephone number
• 2) Animal identification (sex, age, weight, breed, color)
• 3) Vaccines product name, manufacturer, and serial number 
• 4) Date vaccinated 
• 5) Expiration date of vaccine
• 6) Rabies tag number 
• 7) Vets signature

5 years

Local health authority

Local health authority

16 weeks old then a booster within 12 months then every 3 years after that. If booster is missed then patient has to get booster shot and come back within 12 months to get another then every 3 years after

• 1) Name, address, telephone number of client
• 2) Identification of patient
• 3) Patient history
• 4) Dates of visits
• 5) Immunization records
• 6) Weight
• 7) Temperature
• 8) Lab analysis 
• 9) Diagnostic images
• 10) Differential diagnosis/treatments
• 11) Name, dosages, concentration and routes of administration of any drugs 
• 12) Any signed waivers
• 13) Identification of vet who performed any above actions 
• 14) Date and substance of any referrals
• 15) Date/substance of any consultation with specialists
• 16) Copies of any health documents

5 years

Copy not the original

Yes but a reasonable amount

The state

• 1) Name, address, telephone of client
• 2) Identification of patient
• 3) Patient history
• 4) Dates of visits

15 days

Yes

• 1) Placing written notice in office
• 2) Sending written notification to clients seen in the last 3 years

Yes

Yes

4 years

30 days

• 1) Maintain sanitary conditions
• 2) Injections with sterile disposable needle/syringe
• 3) Use a non porous table
• 4) Maintain biologics and injectable meds in temp rang 35-45 F
• 5) Blood/fecal exams before dispensing meds
• 6) Maintain rabies vacc records for 5 yrs
• 7) Provide client with printed form that contains identify of vet and address where records are kept

Prescription drug

21 days with a certified letter

Must be spayed/neutered or owner must sign form saying they will have the procedure done

2 years

• 1) May be formal or informal
• 2) Written order of the board
• 3) Have public info

Cease and desist from the state board

• 1) Murder
• 2) Animal cruelty
• 3) Robbery
• 4) Assault
• 5) Child abuse

$51

March 1st of every year

Serum, vaccine, antitoxin, or antigen used in the prevention or treatment of disease

Exposing of the dental pulp, or performing extractions

American association of vet state boards

Cease and desist letter sent, $1000 per day until they stop

By march 1st

• American pharoah
• Firing line
• Dortmund