Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 958
                        Barcode 962472
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11  The Committee on Agriculture (Bennett) recommended the
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 474.203, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         474.203  Exemptions.--This chapter shall not apply to:
21         (5)  Any person, or the person's regular employee or an
22  independent contractor under the supervision of such person,
23  who tends to that person's, administering to the ills or
24  injuries of her or his own animals, including, but not limited
25  to, castration, spaying, and dehorning of herd animals, unless
26  title has been transferred or employment provided for the
27  purpose of circumventing this law. This exemption shall not
28  apply to out-of-state veterinarians practicing temporarily in
29  the state. However, only a veterinarian may immunize or treat
30  an animal for diseases which are communicable to humans and
31  which are of public health significance.
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 958
                        Barcode 962472
 1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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 5  And the title is amended as follows:
 6         Delete everything before the enacting clause
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 9                  A bill to be entitled
10         An act relating to animal health care services;
11         amending s. 474.203, F.S.; providing that ch.
12         474, F.S., related to veterinary medical
13         practice, does not apply to an independent
14         contractor who tends to the animals of an
15         employer; providing an effective date.
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