169.2 - LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.
169.2 LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.
This chapter is enacted as an exercise of the police powers of the
state to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by
safeguarding the people of this state against incompetent, dishonest,
or unprincipled practitioners of veterinary medicine. It is declared
that the right to practice veterinary medicine is a privilege
conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of the personal
and professional qualifications specified in this chapter. This
chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative
purpose. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 169.2]