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20 entriesSection 4825Prohibits any person from practicing veterinary medicine, or any branch of veterinary medicine, in California unless, at the time of practice, the…Section 4825.1Defines client, diagnosis, animal, food animal, livestock, synchronous, and telehealth for the veterinary-medicine chapter. Livestock includes animals and aquatic or amphibian species…Section 4826Defines veterinary practice to include representing oneself as practicing, diagnosing or prescribing, administering treatment, surgery or dentistry, specified feline claw procedures, reproductive…Section 4826.1Exempts a veterinarian who voluntarily or on request provides emergency treatment to a sick or injured animal at an accident scene from…Section 4826.2Allows veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians, and supervised veterinary assistants to treat restricted animals and possess them only as long as they judge…Section 4826.3Requires registered veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, and veterinary assistant controlled-substances permitholders to wear a name tag in at least 18-point type in…Section 4826.4Allows a California veterinarian at registered premises within 25 miles of a declared emergency to provide care without a timely veterinarian-client-patient relationship…Section 4826.5Allows a licensed veterinarian, registered veterinary technician, or supervised veterinary assistant controlled-substance permitholder to compound drugs for animal use under the cited…Section 4826.6Prohibits a veterinarian from prescribing, dispensing, or administering treatment for an animal unless a veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists or law otherwise permits it,…Section 4826.7Establishes the following rule: (a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1)Private animal shelter means a not-for-profit organization that has…Section 4826.8Limits feline declawing, onychectomy, tendonectomy, surgical claw removal, or other procedures impairing normal toe, claw, or paw function to a therapeutic purpose.…Section 4827Establishes the following rule: (a)Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from: (1)Practicing veterinary medicine as a bona fide owner of one’s…Section 4828Requires every veterinarian actually engaged and employed as a veterinarian by the state, a county, city, corporation, firm, or individual to obtain…Section 4829Extends veterinary licenses issued under predecessor veterinary laws until the renewal fee becomes due and thereafter while the holder complies with the…Section 4829.5Requires a veterinarian, when initially prescribing, dispensing, or furnishing a dangerous drug to an outpatient animal, to offer the client a verbal,…Section 4830Exempts specified veterinarians from California licensing, including military or federal veterinarians, qualifying out-of-state veterinarians assisting California licensees, and out-of-state veterinarians called for…Section 4830.5Requires a veterinary licensee with reasonable cause to believe a dog was injured or killed in a staged animal fight to promptly…Section 4830.7Requires a licensee who reasonably believes an animal under the licensee’s care has suffered abuse or cruelty to report it promptly to…Section 4830.8Requires an attending or on-call rodeo veterinarian to report a treatment-requiring animal injury to the board within 48 hours after the rodeo…Section 4831Sets a misdemeanor penalty for any person who violates, aids, or abets a violation of the veterinary chapter. Upon conviction, punishment is…