169.3 - DEFINITIONS.
169.3 DEFINITIONS.
When used in this chapter:
1. "Accepted livestock management practice" includes but is
not limited to: Dehorning, castration, docking, vaccination,
pregnancy testing, clipping swine needle teeth, ear notching, drawing
of blood, relief of bloat, draining of abscesses, branding, and other
surgical acts of no greater magnitude; artificial insemination,
collecting of semen, implanting of growth hormones, feeding
commercial feed defined in section 198.3, or administration or
prescription of drugs performed by the owner or contract-feeder
thereof of livestock, a bona fide employee, or anyone rendering
gratuitous assistance with respect to such livestock. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed to permit any person except those
persons enumerated in this subsection, to provide purportedly
gratuitous assistance with regard to the treatment of animals other
than advisory assistance, in return for the purchase of goods or
services.
2. "Accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine"
means any veterinary college or division of a university or college
that offers the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or its
equivalent and that conforms to the standards required for
accreditation or approval by the board.
3. "Animal" means any nonhuman primate, dog, cat, rabbit,
rodent, fish, reptile, and other vertebrate or nonvertebrate life
forms, living or dead, except domestic poultry.
4. "Board" means the Iowa board of veterinary medicine.
5. "ECFVG certificate" means a current certificate issued by
the American veterinary medical association educational commission
for foreign veterinary graduates, indicating that the holder has
demonstrated knowledge and skill equivalent to that possessed by a
graduate of an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine.
6. "Fee" means monetary compensation given for a service
consisting primarily of an act or acts described in subsection 10,
paragraph "a".
7. "Licensed veterinarian" means a person who is validly and
currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state of
Iowa.
8. "Owner" means any person, association, partnership,
corporation, or other legal entity in whom is vested the ownership,
dominion over, or title to an animal, including one who is obligated
by law to care for such animal.
9. "Person" means natural person or individual.
10. "Practice of veterinary medicine" means any of the
following:
a. To diagnose, treat, correct, change, relieve or prevent,
for a fee, any animal disease, deformity, defect, injury or other
physical or mental conditions or cosmetic surgery; including the
prescription or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic,
apparatus, application, anesthetic, or other therapeutic or
diagnostic substance or technique, for a fee; or to evaluate or
correct sterility or infertility, for a fee; or to render, advise or
recommend with regard to any of the above for a fee.
b. To represent, directly or indirectly, publicly or
privately, an ability or willingness to do an act described in
paragraph "a".
c. To use any title, words, abbreviation, or letters in a
manner or under circumstances which induce the belief that the person
using them is qualified to do any act described in paragraph "a".
11. "Veterinarian" means a person who has received a doctor
of veterinary medicine degree or its equivalent from an accredited or
approved college of veterinary medicine.
12. "Veterinary assistant" means an assistant employed by a
licensed veterinarian as an animal technician and any other assistant
the board designates by rule.
13. "Veterinary medicine" includes veterinary surgery,
veterinary obstetrics, veterinary dentistry, and all other branches
or specialties of veterinary medicine. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2538-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2764, 2765; C46, 50,
54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 169.1, 169.2; C79, 81, § 169.3] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 115, § 2
Further definitions; see § 159.1