Bill Text: VA SB663 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Veterinary Medicine, Board of; powers and duties, satellite offices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-05 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/24) [SB663 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SB663-Enrolled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §54.1-3804 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§54.1-3804. Specific powers of Board.
In addition to the powers granted in §54.1-2400, the Board shall have the following specific powers and duties:
1. To establish essential requirements and standards for approval of veterinary programs.
2. To establish and monitor programs for the practical training of qualified students of veterinary medicine or veterinary technology in programs of veterinary medicine or veterinary technology at institutions of higher education.
3. To regulate, inspect, and register all establishments
and, premises, and satellite offices where veterinary
medicine is practiced.
4. To establish requirements for the licensure of persons engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine, pursuant to §54.1-3800, as part of a veterinary medical education program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education and located in the Commonwealth.
2. That the Board of Veterinary Medicine shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.
