California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - Practice Provisions

• Section 4825.
  It is unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine or any branch thereof in this State unless at the time of so doing, such...
• Section 4825.1.
  These definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter as it applies to veterinary medicine.(a) “Diagnosis” means the act or process of identifying or determining the...
• Section 4826.
  A person practices veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, and the various branches thereof, when he or she does any one of the following:(a) Represents himself or...
• Section 4826.1.
  A veterinarian who on his or her own initiative, at the request of an owner, or at the request of someone other than the owner,...
• Section 4826.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veterinarian, registered veterinary technician, or a veterinary assistant working under the supervision of a veterinarian, may provide veterinary...
• Section 4826.5.
  Notwithstanding any other law, a licensed veterinarian or a registered veterinary technician under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian may compound drugs for animal use...
• Section 4827.
  Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from:(a) Practicing veterinary medicine as a bona fide owner of one’s own animals. This exemption applies to the following:(1) The...
• Section 4828.
  All veterinarians actually engaged and employed as veterinarians by the state, or a county, city, corporation, firm or individual are practicing veterinary medicine and shall...
• Section 4829.
  Any license granted to any person to practice veterinary medicine, or any branch thereof, in this State issued under any preceding act relating to veterinary...
• Section 4830.
  (a) This chapter does not apply to:(1) Veterinarians while serving in any armed branch of the military service of the United States or the United States Department...
• Section 4830.5.
  Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a dog has been injured or killed through participation in a staged animal...
• Section 4830.7.
  Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe an animal under its care has been a victim of animal abuse or cruelty,...
• Section 4830.8.
  (a) An attending or on-call veterinarian at a rodeo event shall, pursuant to Section 596.7 of the Penal Code, report to the board any animal injury...
• Section 4831.
  Any person, who violates or aids or abets in violating any of the provisions of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction...

Last modified: October 22, 2018