| 1 | The Agriculture Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to animal health care services; amending |
| 7 | s. 474.203, F.S.; providing an exemption for independent |
| 8 | contractors who provide certain animal health care |
| 9 | services from the requirements of ch. 474, F.S., relating |
| 10 | to the practice of veterinary medicine; providing an |
| 11 | effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 474.203, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 474.203 Exemptions.--This chapter shall not apply to: |
| 18 | (5) Any person, or the person's regular employee, or an |
| 19 | independent contractor under the supervision of such person |
| 20 | administering to the ills or injuries of her or his own animals, |
| 21 | including, but not limited to, castration, spaying, and |
| 22 | dehorning of herd animals, unless title has been transferred or |
| 23 | employment provided for the purpose of circumventing this law. |
| 24 | This exemption shall not apply to out-of-state veterinarians |
| 25 | practicing temporarily in the state. However, only a |
| 26 | veterinarian may immunize or treat an animal for diseases which |
| 27 | are communicable to humans and which are of public health |
| 28 | significance. |
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| 30 | For the purposes of chapters 465 and 893, persons exempt |
| 31 | pursuant to subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (4) |
| 32 | are deemed to be duly licensed practitioners authorized by the |
| 33 | laws of this state to prescribe drugs or medicinal supplies. |
| 34 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |