California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2.5 - Registered Veterinary Technicians

  • Section 4836.
    (a) The board shall adopt regulations establishing animal health care tasks and an appropriate degree of supervision required for those tasks that may be performed only...
  • Section 4836.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a registered veterinary technician or a veterinary assistant may administer a drug, including, but not limited to, a drug that is...
  • Section 4836.2.
    (a) Applications for a veterinary assistant controlled substance permit shall be upon a form furnished by the board.(b) The fee for filing an application for a veterinary...
  • Section 4836.3.
    (a) Each person who has been issued a veterinary assistant controlled substance permit by the board pursuant to Section 4836.2 shall biennially apply for renewal of...
  • Section 4836.4.
    (a) Every person who has been issued a veterinary assistant controlled substance permit by the board pursuant to Section 4836.2 who changes his or her mailing...
  • Section 4836.5.
    The board shall take action pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 4875) of this chapter against any veterinarian licensed or authorized to practice in...
  • Section 4837.
    The board may revoke or suspend the registration of a registered veterinary technician in this state after notice and hearing for any cause provided in...
  • Section 4838.
    Effective with the 1976 renewal period, if the board determines that the public health and safety would be served by requiring all registrants under the...
  • Section 4839.
    (a) For purposes of this article, a registered veterinary technician means a person who has met the requirements set forth in Sections 4841.4 and 4841.5, has...
  • Section 4839.5.
    No person shall use the title “registered veterinary technician” or “veterinary technician,” or any other words, letters, or symbols, including, but not limited to, the...
  • Section 4840.
    (a) Registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants are approved to perform those animal health care services prescribed by law under the supervision of a veterinarian licensed...
  • Section 4840.2.
    Registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants shall not perform the following health care services:(a) Surgery.(b) Diagnosis and prognosis of animal diseases.(c) Prescribing of drugs, medicine, and appliances.(Amended by...
  • Section 4840.5.
    Under conditions of an emergency, a registered veterinary technician may render such lifesaving aid and treatment as may be prescribed under regulations adopted by the...
  • Section 4840.6.
    Any registered veterinary technician registered in this state who in good faith renders emergency animal health care at the scene of the emergency, or his...
  • Section 4840.7.
    (a) A registered veterinary technician who has been examined by the board in the area of radiation safety and techniques may operate radiographic equipment under the...
  • Section 4840.9.
    Registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants may be employed by any veterinarian licensed or authorized to practice in this state or by any governmental agency...
  • Section 4841.
    Any person performing any of the tasks designated by the board pursuant to Section 4836 and any person representing himself or herself as a registered...
  • Section 4841.1.
    (a) This article shall not apply to students in the clinical portion of their final year of study in a board-approved California veterinary technology program who...
  • Section 4841.4.
    (a)  The board shall, by means of examination, determine the professional qualifications of all applicants who wish to register as veterinary technicians in California. No registration...
  • Section 4841.5.
    To be eligible to take the written and practical examination for registration as a registered veterinary technician, the applicant shall:(a) Be at least 18 years of...
  • Section 4842.
    The board may deny an application to take a written and practical examination for registration as a registered veterinary technician if the applicant has done...
  • Section 4842.1.
    The board shall issue a certificate of registration to each applicant who passes the examination. The form of the certificate shall be determined by the...
  • Section 4842.2.
    All funds collected by the board under this article shall be deposited in the Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 467, Sec....
  • Section 4842.5.
    The amount of fees prescribed by this article is that fixed by the following schedule:(a) The fee for filing an application for examination shall be set...
  • Section 4842.6.
    (a) Each individual registered by the board shall biennially apply for renewal of his or her license or registration on or before the last day of...
  • Section 4842.7.
    Every person registered by the board under this article who changes his or her mailing address shall notify the board of his or her new...
  • Section 4843.
    The board shall approve all schools or institutions offering a curriculum for training registered veterinary technicians. Application forms for schools requesting approval shall be furnished...
  • Section 4843.5.
    Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired certificate of registration may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on...
  • Section 4844.
    A person who fails to renew his certificate of registration within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it shall not be...
  • Section 4845.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may, in its sole discretion, issue a probationary registration to an applicant subject to terms and conditions...
  • Section 4845.5.
    (a) Notwithstanding Sections 4837 and 4842.6 or any other provision of law, the board may revoke, suspend, or deny at any time a registration under this...

Last modified: October 22, 2018