PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 226

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Agriculture

Section 2-304(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 5-399.8
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health Occupations
Section 1-211

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Agriculture

2-301.

(g) The term "practice of veterinary medicine" does not include or apply to:

(1) Any licensed veterinarian from any state who does not have an office in

the State;

(2) Any person practicing veterinary medicine in the performance of civil or
military official duties in the service of the United States or of the State;

(3) Experimentation and scientific research of biological chemists or
technicians engaged in the study and development of methods and techniques, directly or
indirectly related or applicable to the problems of the practice of veterinary medicine:

(4) A person who advises with respect to or performs acts which the Board,
by rule or regulation, has prescribed as accepted management practices in connection
with livestock production;

(5) A physician licensed to practice medicine in the State or to his assistant
while engaged in educational research;

(6) A person administering to the ills and injuries of his own animals if they
otherwise comply with all laws, rules and regulations relative to the use of medicines and
biologies;

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