PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 333

(II) IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE THE HEALTH OCCUPATION ON
AN ANIMAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2-304 OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE.

Article - Health Occupations

1-211.

UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL
EXAMINERS UNDER THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE, A PERSON WHO IS LICENSED,
CERTIFIED, OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE A HEALTH OCCUPATION
UNDER THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT PRACTICE THE HEALTH OCCUPATION ON ANIMALS
AN ANIMAL UNLESS THE PERSON:

(1) IS A LICENSED PHARMACIST PRACTICING PHARMACY UNDER TITLE
12 OF THIS ARTICLE;

(2) IS A LICENSED ACUPUNCTURIST PRACTICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
§ 2-301(G)(12) OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE; OR

(3) PROVIDES CARE TO AN ANIMAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2-304(E) OF
THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

May 22, 1997

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 333.

This bill extends the sunset date from March 31, 1997 to July 1, 1999, on the requirement
that HMOs pay hospital and emergency providers for the cost of medical screenings
performed to meet the requirements of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and
Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and the bill repeals the requirement that the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Health Care Access and Cost Commission develop
a bundled payment for medical screening services in hospital emergency rooms.

House Bill 598, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on April 8,
1997, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 333.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

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