§ 169.4 — License requirement and exceptions

Iowa § 169.4

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 169: VETERINARY PRACTICE

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A person shall not practice veterinary medicine in the state who is not a licensed
veterinarian or the holder of a valid temporary permit issued by the board. This chapter
shall not be construed to prohibit any of the following:
1. An employee of the federal, state, or local government from performing official duties.
2. A person who is a veterinary student in an accredited or approved college of veterinary
medicine from performing duties or actions assigned by an instructor of the college, or
acting under the supervision of a supervising veterinarian as provided in subchapter II. The
board shall issue to a veterinary medicine student who attends an accredited veterinary
medicine college or school and who has been certified as being competent by an instructor
of such college or school to perform veterinary duties under the direction of an instructor
of veterinary medicine or under the supervision of a supervising veterinarian, a certificate
authorizing the veterinary medicine student to perform such functions.
3. A veterinarian currently licensed in another state from consulting with a licensed
veterinarian in this state.
4. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer from advising with respect to or selling
in the ordinary course of trade or business, drugs, feeds, including, but not limited to
customer-formula feeds as defined in section 198.3, appliances, and other products used in
the prevention or treatment of animal diseases.
5. Theownerofananimalortheowner’sbonafideemployeesfromcaringforandtreating
the animal in the possession of such owner except where the ownership of the animal was
transferred solely for the purpose of circumventing this chapter.
6. A member of the faculty of an accredited college of veterinary medicine from
performing functions in the classrooms or continuing education. However, those faculty
members who have professional responsibility to the owner must be licensed. A temporary
permit may be granted for a period not to exceed two years to interns or residents who are
on the staff of the college of veterinary medicine of Iowa state university of science and
technology. Such permit shall be renewable annually upon the application of the dean of the
college of veterinary medicine.
7. Any person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or applying any pesticide,
insecticide, or herbicide.
8. Any person from engaging in bona fide scientific research which reasonably requires
experimentation involving animals.
9. Any veterinary auxiliary personnel when performing delegated tasks under the
supervision of a supervising veterinarian as provided in subchapter II.
10. A graduate of a foreign college of veterinary medicine, who has or is in the process of
obtaining an ECFVG certificate, when performing delegated tasks under the supervision of a
supervising veterinarian as provided in subchapter II.
11. Any person from advising with respect to or performing accepted livestock
management practices.
12. Any person from engaging in the full-time study of the improvement of the quality of
livestock.
13. Any person from performing post-mortem examinations on swine or cattle.
14. Any person from collecting or evaluating semen from livestock or poultry, or artificial
insemination of livestock and poultry.
15. Any person from castrating, dehorning or branding notwithstanding section 169A.14.
16. A person performing animal massage.
17. a. An emergency medical care provider certified pursuant to chapter 147A who elects

to provide veterinary medical services by diagnosing or treating a police service dog, if all of
the following apply:
(1) The police service dog was on duty under the supervision of a peace officer as defined
in section 801.4.
(2) The police service dog suffered a severe injury.
(3) The veterinary medical services are necessary to immediately stabilize the police
service dog’s condition for later diagnosis or treatment by a licensed veterinarian or the
holder of a valid temporary permit.
b. An emergency medical care provider certified pursuant to chapter 147A may elect not
to provide veterinary medical services under paragraph “a”.
c. If an emergency medical care provider certified pursuant to chapter 147A elects to
provide veterinary medical services under paragraph “a”, the emergency medical care
provider shall not be civilly liable for diagnosing or treating the police service dog if the
emergency medical care provider acted reasonably and in good faith.
d. An emergency medical care provider certified pursuant to chapter 147A electing
to provide veterinary medical services under paragraph “a” shall comply with all of the
following:
(1) The emergency medical care provider may diagnose or treat a severely injured police
service dog only after the emergency medical care provider furnishes all diagnoses or
treatment needed by the last human at the scene of the emergency.
(2) The emergency medical care provider shall not use equipment, or shall discontinue
the use of equipment, to diagnose or treat a severely injured police service dog at the scene
of an emergency, if any of the following apply:
(a) The equipment is needed to diagnose or treat a human at the scene of the emergency.
(b) The equipment is dispatched to another location.
(3) The emergency medical care provider shall not diagnose or treat a severely injured
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dog, at the scene of an emergency, if any of the following apply:
(a) The emergency medical care provider is dispatched to another location.
(b) A vehicle used to transport the emergency medical care provider is dispatched to
another location.
e. A severely injured police service dog shall not be transported in a vehicle that provides
emergency medical or ambulance services.

Legislative History

[S13, §2538-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2766; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §169.3; C79, 81, §169.4]