Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A.Before providing a veterinary medical
service or housing an animal, a Responsible Veterinarian shall ensure that the
animal owner is provided a written notice that states whether personnel will be
present on the veterinary medical premises for 24-hour observation of the
animal.
B.A Responsible
Veterinarian shall ensure that a notice of where veterinary medical services
may be obtained when the veterinary medical premises is not open for business:
1. Is placed on the voice mail of the
veterinary medical premises; and
2.
Contains the name, telephone number, and address of a veterinarian or
veterinary medical premises that is available to provide veterinary medical
services. Livestock veterinarians are exempt from providing an
address.
C.Before
providing a veterinary medical service, a veterinarian shall ensure that the
animal owner or the animal owner's agent is provided an estimate of the cost
for the veterinary medical service, except in the case of livestock.
D.When providing a veterinary medical
service, a veterinarian shall ensure that no expired supplies are
used.
E.Before a surgical patient
or hospitalized animal is discharged, a veterinarian shall ensure that the
animal owner is provided with instructions detailing care of the animal after
discharge and documents in the medical record that verbal or written care
instructions were provided.
F.Before euthanizing an animal for which the
animal owner is known, a veterinarian shall obtain signed authorization from
the animal owner or verbal authorization from the animal owner that is
witnessed by one other individual and documented in the medical
record.
G.For animals with a
suspected or diagnosed contagious disease or illness, a veterinarian shall
provide a separate isolation area that is not in close proximity to other
animals and shall ensure that the ill animal does not come into contact with
another animal or the other animal's compartment.
H.If general anesthesia is administered or
surgery is performed on an animal by a veterinarian, the veterinarian shall
ensure:
1. A prior signed authorization is
obtained from the animal owner if the animal owner is known or verbal
authorization that is witnessed by one other individual and documented in the
medical record is obtained from the known animal owner. This provision does not
apply to livestock;
2. Within six
hours before anesthesia is administered or surgery is performed, the animal is
examined and the animal's temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, diagnosis,
and general condition are recorded in the animal's medical record except for
species or in situations that make the examination impractical or potentially
detrimental to the animal or examiner;
3. The animal's heart rate and respiratory
rate are recorded in the animal's medical record immediately after giving the
animal a general anesthetic and monitored and recorded a minimum of every 15
minutes while anesthesia is being administered except for species or in
situations that make the examination impractical or potentially detrimental to
the animal or examiner;
4. After
the animal is given a general anesthetic, the animal is continuously observed
by personnel until the animal is extubated and able to swallow; and
5. The following information is recorded in a
written anesthesia log, which is separate from both the controlled drug log
maintained under subsection (K) and medical record of each animal maintained
under subsection (L) and is maintained on the veterinary medical premises for
three years from the date the anesthesia is administered:
a. The animal's name and species,
b. The name of the animal owner,
c. The date of administration of the
anesthesia,
d. The recovery status
of the animal, and
e. The name of
the veterinarian .
I.A veterinarian shall follow manufacturer's
label requirements for the storage and handling of biologics, veterinary
supplies, and veterinary medications.
J.A veterinarian who dispenses a
prescription-only drug shall:
1. Comply with
all federal and state laws, including A.A.C. Title 3, Chapter 11, Article 8,
regarding the dispensing of a prescription-only drug; and
2. Ensure that a prescription-only drug or
prescription-only device is destroyed or returned to the manufacturer or
distributor no later than 30 days after its expiration date.
K.A veterinarian who dispenses or
administers a controlled substance shall:
1.
Comply with all federal and state laws including A.A.C. Title 3, Chapter 11,
Article 8;
2. Maintain an inventory
record on the veterinary medical premises for two years from the date of entry
of each controlled substance purchased by the veterinarian that contains the:
a. Name of the controlled
substance,
b. Strength of the
controlled substance,
c. Date the
controlled substance was received by the veterinarian,
d. Amount of the controlled substance
received by the veterinarian,
e.
Name of the distributor of the controlled substance, and
f. Invoice number; and
3. Maintain a dispensing or administration
log on the veterinary medical premises, separate from the inventory record
required under subsection (K)(2), for two years from the date of entry that
contains for each controlled substance dispensed or administered the:
a. Name of the controlled
substance,
b. Strength of the
controlled substance,
c. Amount of
the controlled substance,
d. Name
of the animal to which dispensed or administered,
e. Name of the animal owner,
f. Date dispensed or administered,
g. Name of the veterinarian who dispensed or
administered the controlled substance, and
h. Decremented amounts of the controlled
substance quantifying the amount remaining.
L.Except as provided in subsection (N), a
veterinarian shall maintain on the veterinary medical premises for three years
after the last date an animal receives veterinary medical services a written
medical record containing the:
1. Name,
address, and telephone number of the animal owner;
2. Description of the animal's color and
markings or a color photograph of the animal, and the sex, breed, weight, and
age of the animal;
3. Date of
veterinary medical services and date a written entry is made to the medical
record, if the entry is made on a date other than when the veterinary medical
services were provided;
4. Results
of examination, including temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and
general condition of the animal, except for livestock and species or in
situations that make the examination impractical or potentially detrimental to
the animal or examiner;
5. The
animal's tentative or definitive diagnosis;
6. Treatment provided to the
animal;
7. Name of each medication
administered including:
a. Concentration,
except when the medication is only offered in one size and strength;
b. Amount;
c. Frequency; and
d. Route of administration;
8. Name of each medication
prescribed including concentration, amount, and frequency;
9. Name and result of each diagnostic and
laboratory test conducted;
10.
Signature or initials of each individual placing an entry in the medical
record; and
11. Signature or
initials of the veterinarian performing the veterinary medical
services.
M.A
veterinarian shall ensure that a radiograph of an animal is permanently labeled
with the following information and maintained on the veterinary medical
premises for three years from the last date an animal receives veterinary
medical services:
1. The name of the animal
owner,
2. The name of the
animal,
3. The date the radiograph
was taken,
4. The name of the
veterinarian or veterinary medical premises, and
5. The anatomical orientation.
N.A veterinarian who administers a
rabies vaccine to an animal on behalf of an animal control agency or animal
shelter and provides no other veterinary medical service to the animal:
1. Is exempt from the requirements of
subsection (L);
2. Shall generate a
rabies vaccination record for each animal vaccinated that includes:
a. The name and address of the animal
owner;
b. A description or color
photograph of the animal that includes species, breed, sex, age, and
color;
c. The date of
vaccination;
d. The vaccine
manufacturer's name;
e. The serial
number of the vaccine used;
f. The
date re-vaccination is due; and
g.
The veterinarian's signature; and
3. Shall provide a copy of each rabies
vaccination record to the veterinary medical premises, animal control agency,
or animal shelter at which the rabies vaccination was provided. If a copy of
the rabies vaccination record is provided to the veterinary medical premises,
the veterinary medical premises shall maintain the record for at least three
years from the date of vaccination.
O.In this Section, unless otherwise
specified:
1. "Animal control agency" means a
board, commission, department, office, or other administrative unit of federal
or state government or of a political subdivision of the state that is
responsible for controlling rabies in animals in a specific geographic
area.
2. " Animal shelter" means a
duly incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals or other nonprofit corporate organization
devoted to the welfare, protection and humane treatment of animals. A.R.S.
§
11-1022(H).
