(a) a person who is a regular student in a veterinary school from performing duties or actions assigned by his instructors, or from working under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian during a school vacation period;

(b) a person practicing veterinary medicine upon his own animals, being assisted in such practice by his employees when they are normally employed in the conduct of such person’s business, or being assisted in such practice by some other person gratuitously; or

(c) a person advising or performing acts which the Board or Guam law recognizes as accepted animal control services or livestock management practices; provided, that animal control shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) such services must be rendered under the direction and sponsorship of a charitable organization or government agency that assumes full responsibility for the treatment or services;

(2) veterinary services must be performed by, or under the direct supervision of, a person currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in any state, province, territory, commonwealth or possession of the

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United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and such other jurisdictions as the Board may from time-to-time designate. Requests to the Board to designate other jurisdictions shall be submitted no less the ninety (90) days before the planned event in order to allow the Board time to publicly discuss and approve or disapprove the requests.

(3) Copies of the visiting practitioners’ licenses must be submitted to the Board no less than forty-five (45) days prior to an animal control project and shall be available on the premises for inspection. These license copies shall serve as licenses to work only on specifically designated animal control projects. Controlled substances shall be administered pursuant to
the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of Guam, Chapter 67, Title 9 Guam Code Ann.;

(4) no person shall receive any fee or remuneration of any kind, other than payment of or reimbursement for travel, lodging, meals, and expenses reasonably incurred by participating service providers. The sponsoring organization may charge and receive a fee or donation for services rendered, which fee shall be reasonably calculated to recover actual or anticipated project costs, including reimbursement of expenses incurred by service providers. Services shall be provided free of charge to persons receiving public assistance who are the lawful owners of animals which receive services; and

(5) within thirty (30) days after each project, the project sponsor shall provide the Board with a written report identifying the number and nature of procedures performed, and the names, business and email addresses, and telephone numbers of all veterinarians and other persons participating in the program.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-239:12 (Aug. 14, 1998). Subsection (c)
repealed and reenacted by P.L. 28-186:3 (Jan. 29, 2007). Amended by P.L.
36-138:36 (Dec. 28, 2022).

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2015 NOTE: Subsection designations in subsection (c) were altered from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha- numeric scheme pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.