California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 11 — Veterinary MedicineArticle 3.5 — Wellness Evaluation CommitteesSection 4866
(a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians in a wellness program. Only those veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians who have voluntarily requested wellness treatment and supervision by a wellness evaluation committee shall participate in a program.
(b) The board shall establish criteria for the selection of administrative physicians who shall examine veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians requesting wellness under a program. Any reports made under this article by the administrative physician shall constitute an exception to Sections 994 and 995 of the Evidence Code.
(c) The wellness program may accept no more than 100 participants who are licensees of the board.
Notes
Requires the veterinary board to establish criteria for accepting, denying, or terminating veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians in a wellness program and for selecting examining administrative physicians. Participation is limited to professionals who voluntarily request treatment and supervision, administrative-physician reports are excepted from the cited Evidence Code provisions, and the program may accept no more than 100 board licensees.
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