Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 21 > Article 2 - Licensing

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Animal: means any animal other than human. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Board: means the Arizona state veterinary medical examining board. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Direct supervision: means that a licensed veterinarian is physically present at the location where animal health care is being performed. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Indirect supervision: means that a licensed veterinarian is not physically present at the location where animal health care is being performed but has given either written or oral instructions for treatment of the animal patient. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Licensed veterinarian: means a person who is currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Licensed veterinary faculty member: means a person who is currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine as an employee of a veterinary college in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Specialist: means a veterinarian who is certified as a diplomate in a particular discipline by a national specialty board or college recognized by the American veterinary medical association after completing additional education and training, an internship or residency, passing required examinations and meeting any other criteria required by the various individual national specialty boards or colleges. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Veterinarian: means a person who has received a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from a veterinary college. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Veterinary assistant: means an individual who provides care under the direct supervision or indirect supervision of a veterinarian or certified veterinary technician. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Veterinary college: means any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and that conforms to the standards required for accreditation by the American veterinary medical association. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Veterinary faculty member: means a person who has received a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from a veterinary college and who is an employee of a veterinary college in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Veterinary medicine: includes veterinary surgery, obstetrics, dentistry, acupuncture, manipulation and all other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine and prescribing, administering or dispensing drugs and medications for veterinary purposes. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Veterinary student: means a student who is regularly enrolled in a veterinary college. See Arizona Laws 32-2201
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215