Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-698.30
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Nonveterinary equine dental care provider
Official statutory text
certification.
A. The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall
annually certify any practitioner of teeth floating, known as a
nonveterinary equine dental care provider and as defined by
paragraph 25 of Section 698.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Certification shall be issued within ninety (90) days of
application, and to be eligible for this certification,
nonveterinary equine dental care providers shall provide proof of
qualification to be a nonveterinary equine dental care provider
using one of the following methods:
1. Completion of at least eighty (80) hours of training in
equine dentistry at the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the
Academy of Equine Dentistry or a similar program approved by the
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; or
2. Certification as a nonveterinary equine dental care provider
by the International Association of Equine Dentistry or its
equivalent by a similar certifying organization approved by the
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
B. Proof of four (4) hours of continuing education shall be
required for annual certification renewal for a nonveterinary equine
dental care provider. This continuing education shall be a course
approved by the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the Academy of
Equine Dentistry, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners,
the International Association of Equine Dentistry or a similar
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 689
organization approved by the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners and shall be obtained in the twelve-month period
immediately preceding the year for which the certification is to be
issued.
C. If prescription drugs, not to include any controlled
dangerous substances as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Act, are to be used in nonveterinary equine dental care
procedures, the equine owner shall contact a veterinarian licensed
by the state. If the veterinarian deems that prescription drugs,
not to include any controlled dangerous substances as defined in the
Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, are necessary, the
veterinarian may assemble those drugs and may allow the owner or the
owner's agent, who can be a nonveterinary equine dental care
provider, to pick up those drugs and deliver them to the equine
owner. No prescription drugs shall be prescribed, dispensed or
administered without the establishment of a valid client-patient
relationship between the equine owner and the veterinarian.
Prescription drugs must be used in accordance with United States
Food and Drug Administration regulations.
D. Complaints related to any nonveterinary equine dental care
provider shall be filed with the State Veterinarian through the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The State
Veterinarian may investigate complaints, and may forward findings as
it deems appropriate to the appropriate law enforcement entity.
A. The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall
annually certify any practitioner of teeth floating, known as a
nonveterinary equine dental care provider and as defined by
paragraph 25 of Section 698.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Certification shall be issued within ninety (90) days of
application, and to be eligible for this certification,
nonveterinary equine dental care providers shall provide proof of
qualification to be a nonveterinary equine dental care provider
using one of the following methods:
1. Completion of at least eighty (80) hours of training in
equine dentistry at the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the
Academy of Equine Dentistry or a similar program approved by the
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; or
2. Certification as a nonveterinary equine dental care provider
by the International Association of Equine Dentistry or its
equivalent by a similar certifying organization approved by the
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
B. Proof of four (4) hours of continuing education shall be
required for annual certification renewal for a nonveterinary equine
dental care provider. This continuing education shall be a course
approved by the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the Academy of
Equine Dentistry, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners,
the International Association of Equine Dentistry or a similar
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 689
organization approved by the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners and shall be obtained in the twelve-month period
immediately preceding the year for which the certification is to be
issued.
C. If prescription drugs, not to include any controlled
dangerous substances as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Act, are to be used in nonveterinary equine dental care
procedures, the equine owner shall contact a veterinarian licensed
by the state. If the veterinarian deems that prescription drugs,
not to include any controlled dangerous substances as defined in the
Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, are necessary, the
veterinarian may assemble those drugs and may allow the owner or the
owner's agent, who can be a nonveterinary equine dental care
provider, to pick up those drugs and deliver them to the equine
owner. No prescription drugs shall be prescribed, dispensed or
administered without the establishment of a valid client-patient
relationship between the equine owner and the veterinarian.
Prescription drugs must be used in accordance with United States
Food and Drug Administration regulations.
D. Complaints related to any nonveterinary equine dental care
provider shall be filed with the State Veterinarian through the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The State
Veterinarian may investigate complaints, and may forward findings as
it deems appropriate to the appropriate law enforcement entity.
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