Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4741 - Veterinarians

• Section 4741.01 - Veterinarian Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Animal" means any animal other than a human being and includes fowl, birds, fish, and reptiles, wild or...
• Section 4741.02 - Veterinary Medical Licensing Board - Members - Qualifications, Terms, Removal.
  There shall be a state veterinary medical licensing board consisting of seven members, who have been legal residents of this state for not less...
• Section 4741.03 - Meetings Of Board - Executive Secretary, Employees - Duties Of Board.
  (A) The state veterinary medical licensing board shall meet at least once in each calendar year and may hold additional meetings as often as...
• Section 4741.04 - Veterinary-client-patient Relationship Defined.
  A veterinary-client-patient relationship serves as the basis for interaction between veterinarians, their clients, and their patients. A veterinary-client-patient relationship exists when all of the...
• Section 4741.05 To 4741.08 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-02-1992
• Section 4741.09 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015. Effective Date: 03-02-1992; 10-12-2006
• Section 4741.10 - License Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  (A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised...
• Section 4741.11 - Issuing Certificate Of License.
  Whenever an applicant for a license to practice veterinary medicine has graduated from a veterinary college approved by the state veterinary medical licensing board...
• Section 4741.12 - Reciprocity.
  The state veterinary medical licensing board may issue a license to practice veterinary medicine without the examination required pursuant to section 4741.11 of the...
• Section 4741.13 - Limited License To Practice Veterinary Medicine.
  The state veterinary medical licensing board may issue a limited license to practice veterinary medicine to an individual whose sole professional capacity is with...
• Section 4741.14 - Temporary Permit To Practice Veterinary Medicine.
  The state veterinary medical licensing board may issue, without the examination required pursuant to section 4741.11 of the Revised Code, a temporary permit to...
• Section 4741.15 - Provisional Veterinary Graduate License.
  (A) A person who has done both of the following may submit an application to the state veterinary medical licensing board for a provisional...
• Section 4741.16 - Renewal Of License.
  (A) A license to practice veterinary medicine issued by the state veterinary medical licensing board pursuant to sections 4741.11 to 4741.13 of the Revised...
• Section 4741.17 - Fees.
  (A) Applicants or registrants shall pay to the state veterinary medical licensing board: (1) For an initial veterinary license , on or after the...
• Section 4741.171 - Retired Licensee - Change Of Address.
  Any licensed veterinarian who desires to temporarily or permanently retire from practice and who has given the state veterinary medical licensing board notice in...
• Section 4741.18 - Prohibiting Fraud Or Error In Obtaining License Or Permit.
  No person shall sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish a license or a temporary permit or abet therein. No person shall practice veterinary medicine...
• Section 4741.19 - Practice Without License - Student Interns.
  (A) Unless exempted under this chapter, no person shall practice veterinary medicine, or any of its branches, without a license or limited license issued...
• Section 4741.20 - Exceptions.
  This chapter does not apply to: (A) A person who administers to animals, the title to which is vested in the person's self, except...
• Section 4741.21 - Prohibited Advertising Practices.
  No licensed veterinarian or any person under a licensed veterinarian's control or employ shall do any advertising which: (A) Is false or misleads any...
• Section 4741.22 - Discplinary Actions.
  (A) The state veterinary medical licensing board may refuse to issue or renew a license, limited license, registration, or temporary permit to or of...
• Section 4741.221 - Referring For Treatment Or To Peer Review Committee.
  (A) The state veterinary medical licensing board may, prior to or after a hearing conducted under section 4741.22 of the Revised Code, and in...
• Section 4741.23 - Prohibited Acts.
  No person licensed to practice veterinary medicine or holding a temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine shall: (A) Fraudulently issue or use any health...
• Section 4741.24 - Reinstatement.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any person whose license, registration, or temporary permit is suspended or revoked may, at...
• Section 4741.25 - Depositing Receipts.
  All receipts of the state veterinary medical licensing board shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and...
• Section 4741.26 - Enforcement.
  (A) The state veterinary medical licensing board shall enforce this chapter and for that purpose shall make investigations relative thereto. Except as provided in...
• Section 4741.27 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-12-2006
• Section 4741.28 - Veterinary Business Facility License Required.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Veterinary business facility" means a structure or business location that is maintained for the purpose of regularly...
• Section 4741.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-02-1992
• Section 4741.30 - Disposition Of Abandoned Animal.
  Upon the failure of any person to reclaim an animal left in the care of a licensed veterinarian or registered kennel owner, the veterinarian...
• Section 4741.31 - Administratrive Rules For Treatment Providers For Veterinarians With Substance Abuse Problems.
  The state veterinary medical licensing board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for approving and designating...
• Section 4741.32 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the veterinary medical licensing board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to...
• Section 4741.40 - Veterinary Loan Repayment Program Definitions.
  As used in sections 4741.40 to 4741.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Large animal veterinary services," "veterinary services necessary to implement or enforce the...
• Section 4741.41 - Veterinary Loan Repayment Program.
  There is hereby created the veterinarian loan repayment program. Under the program, the state veterinary medical licensing board, by means of a contract entered...
• Section 4741.42 - Application For Participation In Program.
  (A) A veterinarian who has not received student loan repayment assistance pursuant to federal law and who meets either of the following requirements may...
• Section 4741.43 - Approval Of Eligible Applicant - Recruitment To Resource Shortage Area.
  If the veterinarian loan repayment fund created in section 4741.46 of the Revised Code contains sufficient money, the state veterinary medical licensing board shall...
• Section 4741.44 - Letter Of Intent - Contract For Participation In Program.
  (A) A veterinarian who has signed a letter of intent under section 4741.43 of the Revised Code and the state veterinary medical licensing board...
• Section 4741.45 - Program Rules To Be Adopted By Licensing Board.
  The state veterinary medical licensing board, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following:...
• Section 4741.46 - Gifts For Implementation And Administration Of Program.
  (A) The state veterinary medical licensing board may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 4741.40 to...
• Section 4741.47 - Annual Report By Board On Operations Of Program.
  The state veterinary medical licensing board, annually on or before the first day of March, shall submit a report to the governor and the...
• Section 4741.48 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The veterinary medical licensing board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff.
• Section 4741.49 - Reporting Lyme Disease Test Results.
  (A) A person holding a license, limited license, or temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine who orders a test for the presence of Lyme...
• Section 4741.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 4741.18, 4741.19, 4741.22, or 4741.23 or division (A) of section 4741.20 or division (B) or (D) of section 4741.21 of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016