§ 6713 — Special provisions

§ 6713. Special provisions. 1. An unlicensed person may provide\nsupportive services to a veterinarian, including but not limited to\nadministering oral or topical medications, incidental to and/or\nconcurrent with such veterinarian personally performing a service or\nprocedure, provided such supportive services do not require a knowledge\nof veterinary science.\n 2. A certified emergency medical technician may perform endotracheal\nintubation on an animal under the immediate personal supervision of a\nlicensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician acting under\nthe direct supervision of a veterinarian, in lieu of the licensed\nveterinarian personally performing the procedure, provided:\n a. the emergency medical technician is enrolled in a course in\nadvanced emergency medical technology approved under article thirty of\nthe public health law in which pediatric endotracheal intubation\ntraining is included;\n b. the procedure is performed as part of pediatric endotracheal\nintubation training in that course, after didactic and manikin training\nin human intubation, and instruction in animal anatomy and the proper\nmethod of animal intubation have been received;\n c. the procedure is medically indicated as part of treating or\noperating for any non-emergency disease, pain, injury, deformity, or\nphysical condition of the animal;\n d. the procedure is performed only when the animal is properly sedated\nor anesthetized;\n e. the procedure is performed no more than once per animal by no more\nthan one certified emergency medical technician;\n f. the animal owner, or where such owner is unknown, the person having\nlawful charge or custody of the animal, consents in writing to the\nperformance of the procedure by a person meeting the qualifications of\nthis subdivision; and\n g. records kept by the commissioner of health on courses in advanced\nemergency medical technology meeting the requirements of this\nsubdivision indicate whether pediatric endotracheal intubation training\nconducted in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision was part\nof a course in advanced emergency medical technology; provided, however,\nthat this subdivision shall not be construed to require endotracheal\nintubation on animals, and the commissioner of health shall have\ndiscretion to determine whether endotracheal intubation training on\nanimals shall be required for accreditation of such courses or for\ncertification of advanced emergency medical technicians.\n