Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2270 - Missouri Veterinary Medical Board
Chapter 4 - Minimum Standards
Section 20 CSR 2270-4.021 - Minimum Standards for Emergency Clinics/Services
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment allows owner's agents to receive medical records.
(1) Emergency clinics are facilities which advertise or otherwise purport to provide veterinary medical services on a twenty-four (24)-hour basis or during periods when these services are not normally available through other facilities. Nothing contained in this rule is intended to prohibit any permitted facility from providing services of an emergency nature.
(2) The minimum staffing requirements for an emergency facility shall include a licensed veterinarian on the premises at all times during the posted hours of operation.
(3) Advertisements for emergency facilities shall clearly state-
(4) Medical Records.
(5) Equipment. In addition to the equipment for veterinary hospitals and clinics, all emergency facilities also shall have the equipment necessary to perform standard emergency medical procedures, including, but not limited to:
*Original authority: 340.210, RSMo 1992, amended 1993.