CS/CS/HB 911 Summary

• Authorizes veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine using telephone or audio-visual technology to establish veterinarian/client/patient relationships without requiring physical examinations.

• Restricts telemedicine practitioners to providing triage for emergency cases and consultations for nutrition, training, dermatological conditions, and anxiety; prohibits prescription of controlled substances, extralabel drugs, and veterinary feed directive drugs via telemedicine without prior in-person examination.

• Allows employees, agents, or contractors of animal control authorities to administer rabies vaccinations under indirect supervision of a veterinarian (supervising veterinarian available by telecommunications but not required on premises).

• Permits veterinarians who indirectly supervise rabies vaccinations to affix their signature stamp on vaccination certificates in lieu of actual signatures.

• Takes effect July 1, 2021.