MO HB554

Repeals and re-enacts sections 340.200 and 340.216 of Missouri law relating to veterinary medicine regulation.

Adds "animal husbandry" to the statutory definitions as the branch of agriculture concerned with appearance, breeding, care, feeding, housing, hygiene, sanitation, training, and marketing of bovine, caprine, equine, porcine, poultry, and other farm animals, distinct from veterinary medicine.

Adds "teeth floating" to statutory definitions as the removal of enamel points and smoothing of dental surfaces on farm animals, excluding administration of sedatives and procedures on canines and felines.

Explicitly permits acts of animal husbandry for compensation without veterinary licensure, including branding, dehorning, ear notching, tail docking, teeth floating, farriery, grooming, collecting and preparing semen, training, worming, artificial insemination, and providing nutrition advice.

Authorizes the Missouri veterinary medical board to provide additional exemptions or exceptions to licensing requirements through its rulemaking authority.