00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 372                                                                          
01 "An Act amending the definition of 'practice of veterinary medicine.'"                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 08.98.250(5) is amended to read:                                                                  
04                 (5)  "practice of veterinary medicine"                                                                  
05                      (A)  means for compensation to                                                                     
06                           (i)  diagnose, treat, correct, change, relieve, or prevent                                    
07                 animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or mental                                  
08                 condition, including the prescription or administration of a drug,                                      
09                 biologic apparatus, anesthetic, or other therapeutic or diagnostic                                      
10                 substance;                                                                                              
11                           (ii)  use a manual or mechanical procedure for testing                                        
12                 for pregnancy or correcting sterility or infertility; or                                                
13                           (iii)  render advice or recommendation with regard to                                         
14                 any matter listed in (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph;                                                  
15                      (B)  means to represent, directly or indirectly, publicly or                                       
01            privately, an ability or willingness to do any act in (A) of this paragraph for                              
02            compensation;                                                                                                
03                      (C)  means to use a description, title, abbreviation, or letters in a                              
04            manner or under circumstances tending to induce the belief that the person                                   
05            using it or them is qualified or licensed to do any act in (A) of this paragraph                             
06            whether or not for compensation;                                                                             
07                      (D)  does not include, whether or not for compensation,                                            
08                           (i)  practices related to artificial insemination and the use                                 
09                 of a title, abbreviation, or letters in a manner that [WHICH] induces                               
10                 the belief that the person using them is qualified to perform artificial                                
11                 insemination;                                                                                           
12                           (ii)  the practices of a farrier done in the performance of                                   
13                 the farrier's profession;                                                                               
14                           (iii)  standard practices commonly performed on farm or                                       
15                 domestic animals in the course of routine farming or animal husbandry                                   
16                 or animal care and treatment, when performed by an owner, [OR]                                  
17                 the owner's employee, or the owner's agent acting with the owner's                                  
18                 approval as long as the owner, employee, and agent do not                                           
19                 represent themselves as veterinarians, [UNLESS] ownership of the                                    
20                 animal is not transferred for the purpose of avoiding application of this                           
21                 chapter, and [OR] the primary purpose of hiring the employee is not to                          
22                 avoid application of this chapter;