Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 193 - Veterinary Medicine Board
Chapter 9100 - VETERINARIANS' LICENSURE AND PRACTICE
Part 9100.0100 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 27, December 30, 2024
Subpart 1. Scope.
The definitions in this part apply to this chapter.
Subp. 1a. Board.
"Board" means the Board of Veterinary Medicine.
Subp. 1b. Biologic.
"Biologic" means a drug, derived from naturally occurring organisms, manufactured to maintain and improve already existing physiological traits in an animal.
Subp. 1c. Continuing education or approved continuing education program.
Subp. 1d. [Repealed, 20 SR 860]
Subp. 1e. Controlled substance.
"Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules I to V of Minnesota Statutes, section 152.02, or schedules I to V of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Subp. 2. Equipment.
"Equipment" means instruments, tools, clothing, vehicles, and other equipment used in the practice of veterinary medicine.
Subp. 3. Housing facility.
"Housing facility" means a structure, cage, building, or other facility used for housing animals under veterinary care.
Subp. 3a. Humane treatment.
"Humane treatment" means care and treatment that prevents acts of omission or commission, including deprivation of necessary food, water, and shelter, that causes or permits unnecessary or unjustifiable pain, suffering, or death of an animal.
Subp. 3b. Licensure renewal period.
"Licensure renewal period" is a two-year period beginning on March 1 and ending on the last day of February two years later.
Subp. 4. Premises.
"Premises" means property, including land and buildings on the land, used in the practice of veterinary medicine.
Subp. 4a. Prescription drug.
"Prescription drug" means a drug whose label is required by federal law to bear the statement: "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian," or a human drug or over-the-counter animal drug prescribed for use in any manner different from the manufacturer's label instructions.
Subp. 4b. Sponsor or approved sponsor.
Subp. 4c. Sterile surgery.
"Sterile surgery" means an invasive procedure in which aseptic technique is practiced in patient preparation, instrumentation, and surgical attire.
Subp. 5. Veterinarian.
"Veterinarian" means a person or professional veterinary corporation engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine.
Subp. 6. Veterinarian-client-patient relationship.
"Veterinarian-client-patient relationship" means a relationship that meets the conditions established in Minnesota Statutes, section 156.16, subdivision 12.
Subp. 7. Veterinary facility or emergency veterinary facility.
Statutory Authority: MS s 156.01; 156.081; 214.06; 214.12