2020 House Bill 6195

Authorize "alternative" veterinary practices and more

Introduced in the House

Sept. 10, 2020

Introduced by Rep. Hank Vaupel (R-47)

To revise various regulations in the law governing veterinary practices. Among other things the bill would prohibit veterinarians from practicing “unless it is within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship” as defined in the bill; waive certain licensure mandates during a declared emergency or in response to a “to a large-scale animal cruelty case;” authorize the use of specified “therapeutic philosophy and practice that is not considered part of conventional, Western veterinary medicine;” and more.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy