Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 321 - Veterinarians

• AAHP facility: means any building, fixed facility, place, premises, mobile facility, mobile unit, or location from which the practice of allied animal health professionals on animals is conducted or performed, including but not limited to a mobile clinic or facility, outpatient clinic, emergency facility, specialty facility, referral facility, human facility, or center. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• AAHP manager: means at least one (1) board-permitted AAHP who registers to assume responsibility for the registration, management, and operation of a registered allied animal health professional facility. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Animal: means any member of the animal kingdom other than a human, whether living or dead. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Animal shelter: means a public agency or private humane society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, animal protection shelter or control agency, or other facility that provides shelter and care for homeless, stray, unwanted, or injured animals. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applicant: means a person who submits an application for licensure, certification, permit, or registration, whether complete or not, to the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Approved foreign equivalency program: means a school or educational program that has been approved by the board as meeting its administrative standards, which offers additional training and testing for persons who graduated from a non-board- approved veterinary medical program or non-board-approved veterinary technology program. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Approved provider of continuing education: means any person that has met the requirements of the board to provide educational courses that are designed to ensure continued competence in the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinary technology, animal euthanasia, or other area of practice governed by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Approved veterinary medical program: means a school of veterinary medicine or a veterinary medical education program that has been approved by the board as meeting its administrative standards. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Board: means the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Certificate holder: means a person certified by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Certified animal control agency: means an animal shelter that is certified by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Certified animal euthanasia specialist: means a person employed by a certified animal control agency who is authorized by the board to humanely euthanize animals by administering drugs designated by the board for euthanasia and sedation including animals owned by the certified animal control agency or animals in emergency care circumstances. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Client: means the owner, owner's agent, or other person presenting the patient for care, who has entered into an agreement with a veterinarian or allied animal health professional on behalf of a patient for the purposes of obtaining veterinary medical services or allied animal health professional services in person or by any means of communication or telehealth. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Committee substitute: Short for committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
• Compensation: includes any gift, bonus, fee, money, credit, or other thing of value. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• complaint: means any allegation of misconduct that may constitute a violation of this chapter or any administrative regulation promulgated under the authority of this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• connected care: means the integration of digital technologies to enhance and support the VCPR and facilitate proactive and ongoing care through improved communication, diagnosis, and monitoring. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• consent: means the veterinarian or allied animal health professional permittee has informed the client or the client's authorized representative in a manner understood by the client or the client's authorized representative of the diagnostic and treatment options, potential outcomes, risk assessment, prognosis, and options and the client has consented to or knowingly declined the recommended services or treatment. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Consultation: means a veterinarian's receipt of advice, assistance in person, or by any method of communication from a veterinarian or other person whose expertise, in the opinion of the veterinarian, would benefit a patient while the responsibility for the welfare of the patient remains with the veterinarian receiving consultation. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Continuing education: means training that is designed to ensure continued competence in the practice of veterinary medicine, veterinary technology, or for certified animal euthanasia specialists, permitted allied animal health professionals, or any board credential holder. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Conviction: means a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a crime by a court of competent jurisdiction and shall include a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of guilt, a no contest plea, a plea of nolo contendere, or a guilty plea. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Credential: means :
  (a) Any license, certificate, permit, registration, or other credential issued or approved by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Credential holder: means a person who holds an approved credential issued by the board, which may be one (1) or more of the following:
  (a) Certificate. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Designated on-site manager: means a person who registers with the board to assume responsibility for the ordering, management, use, and disposal of controlled substances at a certified animal control agency. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Direct supervision: means the supervising veterinarian is readily available on the premises where the patient is being treated. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Discipline: means any final order, settlement agreement, reprimand, fine, or other adverse consequence assessed against a person by the board or any of its counterparts in other jurisdictions. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Embryo transfer: means to remove an embryo from any animal for the purpose of transplanting the embryo into another animal, cryopreserving the embryo, or implanting the embryo into any animal, including food and companion animals. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Emergency care: means immediate treatment that is necessary to sustain life or end suffering of an animal that is in a life-threatening condition. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Expired: is a licensure status whereby the credential holder failed to renew the credential in a timely manner in accordance with the deadline set by the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fixed facility: means a permanent location that is generally not moveable. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
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• Immediate supervision: means the supervising veterinarian is physically in
  the immediate area and within audible and visual range of the patient and the individual treating the patient. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Impaired: means that a credential holder, designated on-site manager, veterinarian manager, AAHP manager, or registered responsible party may reasonably be unable to perform that person's duties with competence, skill, and safety because of a physical or mental disability or incapacity, including deterioration of mental capacity, loss of motor skills, or substance use or disorder of sufficient degree which may reasonably diminish the person's ability to deliver competent patient care. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• In-person: means physically in the same physical space. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Indirect supervision: means the supervising veterinarian need not be on the premises but has given either written or oral instructions for the treatment of the patient and is readily available for communication. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Jurisdiction: means :
  (a) Any Commonwealth, state, or territory of the United States of America,
  including the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Licensee: means a person licensed by the board under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Livestock: means bovines, equines, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, captured or cultivated aquatic species, farm-raised cervidae and camelidae, bees, and any other species used in the production of fiber, meat, eggs, honey, milk, and other animal food products. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• mobile health: means remote monitoring of a patient who is not at the same location as the health care provider. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• mobile unit: means a motor vehicle that is utilized pursuant to
  KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Partnership: includes both general and limited partnerships. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Patient: means any animal or group of animals receiving care from a veterinarian, veterinary technician, veterinary assistant, animal euthanasia specialist, or allied animal health professional. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Permittee: means a person permitted by the board under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative, corporation, governmental body, or any other group, legal entity, or combination acting in concert, and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver, or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest, assignee, agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative of the person. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Practice of veterinary medicine: means any person who practices veterinary medicine when performing any one (1) or more of the following on an animal:
  (a) Directly or indirectly diagnoses, prognoses, corrects, changes, relieves, prevents, supervises, recommends, or performs medical or surgical treatment, including complementary and alternative veterinary medicine therapies, obstetrics, dentistry, oral surgery, acupuncture, laser therapy, manipulation, and all other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine, for the diagnosis, prevention, cure, or relief of a wound, defect, deformity, fracture, bodily injury, disease, or dental, physical, behavioral, or mental condition. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Practice of veterinary technology: means :
  (a) The practices of veterinary technology when performing patient care, professional medical care, monitoring, treatment, or other services on an animal that require a technical understanding of veterinary medicine on the basis of written or oral instruction of a veterinarian, or under supervision of a veterinarian. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Premises: means any place where an animal is located when veterinary medicine is being practiced. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Prescription: means an order for a drug or medicine, combination or mixture of drugs or medicines, or proprietary preparation that is signed, given, or authorized and intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in a patient. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Registered facility: means any AAHP facility or any veterinary facility that is registered with the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Registered responsible party: means at least one (1) person who:
  (a) Does not otherwise hold a credential with the board who is designated as the registered responsible party on a facility registration and is responsible for its operation and management in conjunction with the veterinarian manager or allied animal health professional manager. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Registered veterinary facility: means a veterinary facility that is registered with the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: means any nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of this state and having as its primary purpose the prevention of cruelty to animals. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Supervising veterinarian: means a veterinarian who assumes responsibility for the veterinary care given to a patient by an individual working under the veterinarian's direction and has examined the patient pursuant to currently acceptable standards of care. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Teleadvice: means the provision of any health information, opinion, guidance, or recommendation concerning prudent future actions that are not specific to a particular patient's health, illness, or injury. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Teleconsulting: means telehealth in which a veterinarian, veterinary technician, AAHP, or other credential holder uses telehealth tools to communicate with a specialist or another professional to gain insights and advice on the care of a patient. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Telehealth: means all uses of technology to remotely gather and deliver health information, advice, education, and care. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Telesupervision: means the supervision of individuals using media such as audio or audio/video conference, text messaging, and e-mail. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Teletriage: means the safe, appropriate, and timely assessment and management of an animal patient via electronic consultation with its owner, regardless of whether there is an immediate referral to a veterinarian and where a diagnosis is not rendered. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
  that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Veterinarian: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinarian manager: means at least one (1) Kentucky-licensed veterinarian who registers to assume responsibility for the registration, management, and operation of a registered veterinary facility. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinary assistant: means a layperson or noncredential holder who is employed by a veterinarian in accordance with KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinary specialist: means a veterinarian that has been awarded and maintains certification from an American Veterinary Medical Association-recognized veterinary specialty organization, program, or college, and is registered in this specialty with the board. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinary student: means :
  (a) A person enrolled in an approved veterinary medical program while pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinary technician: means a person who has completed an approved veterinary technology program, is licensed in accordance with this chapter, and meets the requirements in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinary wellness committee: means a committee appointed by the board that is composed of individuals who have expertise in the areas of alcohol abuse, chemical dependence, drug abuse, or physical or mental condition designated by the board to perform activities related to the veterinary wellness program. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Veterinary wellness program: means the board-sponsored program for the identification, intervention, and monitoring of credential holders or applicants who may be impaired as a result of alcohol abuse, chemical dependence, drug abuse, or any physical or mental condition. See Kentucky Statutes 321.181
• Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010