File Code: Health  Occupations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 277  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Collins and Dyson
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Occupations - Scope of Practice
 
Prohibiting a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise
authorized to practice a health occupation under specified provisions
of law from practicing the health occupation on animals; creating
specified exceptions; adding a person practicing acupuncture in
accordance with specified restrictions to the list of exclusions from
the practice of veterinary medicine; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/24
 - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
 - 1/29
 - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/5
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/21
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/24
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/5
 - Returned Passed
 - 5/22
 - Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
 
House Action
- 3/22
 - First Reading Environmental Matters
 - 3/26
 - Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/3
 - Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
 - 3/30
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/31
 - Third Reading Passed (134-2)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
 - Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - ACUPUNCTURE
 - ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; HUNTING; TRAPPING
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
 - LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
 - VETERINARIANS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Agriculture
 - (
 2-301 ,
 2-304 
)
 -   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 5-399.8 
)
 -   Health Occupations
 - (
 1-211 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 864202/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 21, 1997     at: 12:48
 Status: Adopted