Staff time required
Approximately 15 hours of Department of Veterans Affairs staff time will be needed to promulgate the rules.
Veterinary Examining Board
Subject
2001 Wisconsin Act 76 amended s.
453.06 (2m) (b), Stats. That section previously required an applicant for a temporary postgraduate training permit to either have completed the national licensure examination, be scheduled to take the examination or be waiting for the results of the national examination. Act 76 removed that requirement.
Policy analysis
There should not be a conflict between the statute and the administrative code.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
50 hours.
Veterinary Examining Board
Subject
Special use authorization to humane societies and animal shelters permitting them to acquire controlled substances for the exclusive purpose of euthanizing animals in their care.
Objective of the Rule. To permit humane societies, wildlife breeding organizations and wildlife research organizations to possess emergency medical kits containing controlled substances to be utilized to sedate animals in the field for the purpose of isolation, transport or emergency care.
Policy analysis
The special use authorization issued by the Wisconsin Controlled Substances Board authorizes humane societies, wildlife breeders and wildlife research organizations to possess controlled substances only for the purpose of euthanizing animals in their care. If the purpose is only to sedate the animal for the purpose of transport, medical care or protection of the public, a veterinarian must be involved. This is often difficult or impossible on short notice. The proposed rule would permit these organizations to maintain an emergency medical kit to be utilized by authorized personnel under the oversight of a licensed veterinarian, pursuant to guidelines formulated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and provided to the Veterinary Examining Board. Availability of these kits to sedate animals in the field will benefit wildlife as well as enhancing the public health, safety and welfare.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
50 hours.
Veterinary Examining Board
Subject
Requirements for delegation of veterinary medical acts by veterinary students, certified veterinary technicians and unlicensed veterinary assistants. The proposed amendment would permit veterinarians to delegate services to unlicensed persons consisting of muscular or skeletal manipulation pursuant to a written agreement between the veterinarian and the unlicensed assistant.
Objective of the Rule. To permit persons with training in chiropractic or physical therapy to provide those services to animals other than humans under the general supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
Policy analysis
Persons licensed to practice chiropractic or physical therapy are frequently providing those services to animals - often without referral or supervision by a licensed veterinarian. Additionally, veterinarians are often asked by clients to refer animals to chiropractors or physical therapists for care. Under current rules, those services may be delegated under immediate on-premises supervision of a veterinarian, which means that the veterinarian must either stand by at the place where the animal is kept while the services are provided, or that the animals be brought to the veterinary clinic. The former alternative is expensive and wasteful. The latter alternative is difficult or impossible to accomplish in the case, for example, of an equine patient. The proposed rule would legitimize what is already occurring.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
50 hours.
