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  • Legislative watch for the veterinary profession


    This map represents a state-by-state report of legislation influencing the veterinary profession. Simply roll over the map to view updates for each state.

    N.C. veterinary medical board gets new member


    Raleigh, N.C. -- North Carolina has a new veterinary medical board member.

    DVM Newsmakers' Summit: Exploring the legal realities for the profession


    Editor's Note: Understanding consumer behavior can help you as a clinician and business manager. DVM Newsmagazine asked five veterinary market leaders to join this year's DVM Newsmakers' Summit at CVC East in Baltimore. Following is the last of three excerpts from the panel discussion.

    'Declaw law' could set broad precedent


    Sacramento, Calif. — Municipalities won't be able to ban state-sanctioned medical practices if a proposed bill passes in California.

    Calif. Senate snips spay/neuter bill


    Impotent might be the best word to describe a law that would have required almost every cat and dog older than 4 months to be spayed or neutered before the measure was dramatically altered on the California Senate floor.

    What's really bothering you?


    Veterinary school and law-school training actually have quite a bit in common. For example, when I finished each, I soon realized just how huge was the volume of practical things I needed to know but did not.

    Judge Oks $24 million settlement of pet-food litigation


    Camden, N.J. — A federal judge approved a $24 million settlement hammered out a week earlier, aimed at compensating owners of thousands of pets that were sickened or killed by tainted pet foods last year.

    Third-party payment system makes economic, legal sense


    The demands upon us continue to increase with each advance in technological sophistication.

    Mexico tourists seek out veterinary pentobarbital


    Mexico — Armed with a book called "The Peaceful Pill," foreign tourists are heading to Mexico to purchase pentobarbital from veterinary-supply stores and backstreet pet shops near the U.S. border.

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