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2016 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 54.1-3806 and 54.1-3812.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-3806. Licensed veterinary technicians.
The Board may license a veterinary technicians
technician to perform, in the employ acts relating to the
treatment or the maintenance of the health of any animal under the immediate
and direct supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine
and under his immediate and direct supervision and control, acts relating to
maintenance of the health of or treatment of any animal. A person licensed as a
veterinary technician may not receive compensation for such acts other than
such salary as he may be paid by the employing in the Commonwealth or a
veterinarian who is employed by the United States or the Commonwealth while
actually engaged in the performance of his official duties. No person
licensed as a veterinary technician may perform surgery, diagnose, or
prescribe medication for any animal.
§ 54.1-3812.1. Reporting of animal cruelty.
Any veterinarian person regulated by the Board
who makes a report of suspected animal cruelty or who provides records or
information related to a report of suspected cruelty or testifies in any
judicial proceeding arising from such report, records, or information shall be
immune from any civil or criminal liability or administrative penalty or
sanction on account of such report, records, information, or testimony, unless
such veterinarian person acted in bad faith or with malicious
purpose.