32 §4866. Duties of veterinary technicians and animal health assistants
Title 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 71-A: MAINE VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT OF 1975 HEADING: PL 1997, C. 246, §1 (RPR)
§4866. Duties of veterinary technicians and animal health assistants
An animal health assistant may, under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian or a registered veterinary technician, perform duties of an animal health care nature. The duties do not include diagnosing, making prognoses, performing surgery, interpreting laboratory tests or prescribing or initiating treatment. [1997, c. 246, §26 (AMD).]
A veterinary technician registered in the State may perform, under the supervision and direction of a licensed veterinarian, such duties as drug administration, nursing care, x-ray film exposure and processing, bandage changes, dental prophylaxis, restraint, blood and fecal collections, diagnostic laboratory procedures and other duties the supervising veterinarian or the board may prescribe by rule, consistent with this chapter, except no one but a veterinarian may diagnose, make prognoses, prescribe or initiate treatment or surgery or perform surgery. [1993, c. 404, Pt. A, §13 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1975, c. 477, §4 (NEW). 1993, c. 404, §A13 (AMD). 1997, c. 246, §§25,26 (AMD).