Title 15
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Subtitle 14 BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Notice of Final Action

[12-212-F]

On September 26, 2012, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners adopted:

(1) Amendments to Regulations .03, .05, and .10 under COMAR 15.14.01 Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics for the Practice of Veterinary Medicine in the State;

(2) Amendments to Regulation .01, new Regulations .02—.04, amendments to and the recodification of existing Regulation .06 to be Regulation .09, and the recodification of existing Regulations .02—.05 and .07—.10 to be Regulations .05—.08 and .10—.13 under COMAR 15.14.02 Board Hearings;

(3) Amendments to Regulation .05 and new Regulation .07 under COMAR 15.14.07 Minimum Standards for Mobile Veterinary Clinics;

(4) Amendments to Regulation .04 under COMAR 15.14.11 Civil Penalty Standards for Veterinarians;

(5) Amendments to Regulations .02, .03, .11, and .13 under COMAR 15.14.13 Qualifications for Examination and Registration of a Veterinary Technician; and

(6) Amendments to Regulation .04 under COMAR 15.14.14 Minimum Standards for a Limited Use Veterinary Hospital.

This action, which was proposed for adoption in 39:16 Md. R. 1106—1111 (August 10, 2012), has been adopted with the nonsubstantive changes shown below.

Effective Date: October 15, 2012.

Attorney General's Certification

In accordance with State Government Article, §10-113, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Attorney General certifies that the following changes do not differ substantively from the proposed text. The nature of the changes and the basis for this conclusion are as follows:

COMAR 15.14.02: Board Hearings — On advice of counsel, an additional authority was added because the chapter includes information about the disclosure of public records.

EARL F HANCE
Secretary of Agriculture