HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2252        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 794

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the practicing veterinary medicine..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 58 Chapter 112 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end of the subsection 3 the following:

The medical treatment and rehabilitation of wildlife (clientless animals “owned” by the state) by licensed 501 c 3 humane organizations conducted under the general supervision and control of an animal care and use committee which is comprised of an in-house veterinarian, a staff member, and outside veterinarian, and a member of general public appointed by the organizations board of directors and approved by the board of veterinary medicine.

Furthermore section 58 of Chapter 112 in subsection 6 is amended by adding after the word “livestock” the following:

Or wildlife