O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-50-51 (2019)

Practice of veterinary technology by licensed veterinary technician

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of this Code section, the practice of veterinary technology by a licensed veterinary technician shall not be a violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-50-30 or subsection (a) of Code Section 43-50-45.

(b) No licensed veterinary technician shall make a diagnosis or prognosis, prescribe treatment, perform surgery, or prescribe medication for any animal.

History

Code 1981, § 43-50-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 30, § 3/HB 999; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - The former Code section, defining terms, was based on

Code 1981, § 43-50-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 43, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, § 1-1, effective July 1, 2003.