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HB 70                                                                                                                         
The following letter was dated July 16 and received July 17 at                                                                  
3:17 p.m.:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Speaker Edgmon:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority vested in me by Article II, Section 15, of the                                                              
Alaska Constitution, I have vetoed the following bill:                                                                          

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     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 70(HSS)                                                                                
     "An Act relating to emergency medical services for operational                                                             
     canines; relating to the powers, duties, and liability of emergency                                                        
     medical technicians and mobile intensive care paramedics;                                                                  
     relating to the practice of veterinary medicine; relating to civil                                                         
    liability of veterinarians; and providing for an effective date."                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 70 would authorize emergency medical personnel to provide                                                                    
veterinary treatment and administer controlled substances to                                                                    
operational canines without veterinary licensure. Alaska’s veterinary                                                           
community warns this approach blurs scopes of practices, increases                                                              
liability exposure, and duplicates services already available. Given the                                                        
rarity of canine field emergencies, expanding State authority in this                                                           
area is neither necessary nor prudent.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Mike Dunleavy                                                                                                                   
Governor"