Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 50. VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARY TECHNICIANS · Article 3A. VETERINARY ASSISTANTS

43-50-61. Practice of veterinary technology by a veterinary assistant.

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(a)
Subject to the provisions of this Code section, the practice of veterinary technology by a veterinary assistant shall not be a violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-50-30 or subsection (a) of Code Section 43-50-45.#
(b)
No veterinary assistant shall make a diagnosis or prognosis, prescribe treatment, perform surgery, prescribe medication, perform a nonemergency intubation, induce anesthesia, perform central venous catheterization, or perform arterial catheterization and arterial collection for any animal.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 43-50-61, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 30, § 4/HB 999; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.

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