Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1730-01-.01 - DEFINITIONS
As used in these rules, the terms and acronyms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them.
(1) Acupuncture - The insertion of needles
into the body of an animal, which may then be twirled, electrically stimulated,
or warmed, in an effort to treat, correct, change, alleviate or prevent animal
disease, illness, pain, defect, injury, or other physical or mental
condition.
(2) Advertisement -
Information communicated to the public, in any manner, designed to attract
public attention to the practice of veterinarians or facilities licensed in
Tennessee.
(3) Advertising -
Includes, but is not limited to business solicitations, with or without
limiting qualifications, in a card, sign, or device issued to a person; in a
sign or marking in or on any building; or in any newspaper, magazine,
directory, or other printed matter. Advertising also includes business
solicitations communicated by individuals, radio, video, television
broadcasting, electronic communication, or any other means designed to secure
public attention.
(4)
Anesthesiology - The branch of veterinary medicine which involves inducing a
state of unconsciousness in an animal for the purpose of treating and/or
preventing pain and/or distress in the animal.
(5) Applicant - Any individual requesting
licensure by the board by submitting a completed application and application
fee.
(6) Bait and Switch
Advertising - An alluring but insincere offer to sell a product or service
which the advertiser in truth does not intend or want to sell. Its purpose is
to switch consumers from buying the advertised service or merchandise, in order
to sell something else, usually for a higher fee or on a basis more
advantageous to the advertiser.
(7)
Behavioral Medicine - The branch of veterinary medicine that involves
diagnosing animal behavioral conditions and treating those behavioral
conditions by prescribing or administering any drug, medicine, biologic, or
other therapeutic or diagnostic substance.
(8) Board - The Tennessee Board of Veterinary
Medical Examiners.
(9) Cardiology -
The branch of veterinary medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment
of diseases or conditions that affect an animal heart and its
functions.
(10) Castration - The
removal of the testicles of a male by surgical, chemical, or other
means.
(11) Chiropractic Therapy -
The manipulation and treatment of the structures of the animal body, especially
those of the spinal column, for the treatment, correction, alleviation or
prevention of any animal disease, illness, pain, deformity, defect, injury or
other physical condition.
(12)
Client - The patient's owner, owner's agent, or other person responsible for
the patient.
(13) Collection of
Blood - The act of removing the fluid that circulates through an animal's
heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins for the purpose of analyzing such fluid
for diagnostic, therapeutic, or other treatment purposes.
(14) Consultation - Shall have the meaning as
established in T.C.A. §
63-12-103(6).
(15) Dentistry - The branch of veterinary
medicine that deals with an animal's teeth, oral cavity, and associated parts,
including the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases and the restoration of
defective or missing tissue.
(16)
Department - Tennessee Department of Health.
(17) Dermatology - The branch of veterinary
medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect
animal skin.
(18) Discounted Fee -
A fee offered or charged by a person or organization for any veterinary product
or service that is less than the fee usually offered or charged for the product
or service. Products or services expressly offered free of charge are not
considered to be offered at a "discounted fee ."
(19) Division - The Tennessee Department of
Health, Division of Health Related Boards, from which the Board receives
administrative support.
(20)
Floating - The rasping or cutting of enamel points from the cheek teeth of an
equine.
(21) House Call - A
scheduled visit for the purpose of providing veterinary services to an
individual client outside of a veterinary facility at the client 's residence,
business, or property. A veterinarian who conducts a house call shall have a
permanent base of operations with a published address and telephone facilities
for making appointments or responding to emergency situations.
(22) Infertility - Inability to produce
offspring; sterility.
(23) Laser
Therapy - The use of intense beams of light to treat, correct, change,
alleviate or prevent animal disease, illness, pain, deformity, defect, injury
or other physical, dental, or mental conditions.
(24) Licensee - Any person that has been
lawfully issued a license to practice veterinary medicine or as a veterinary
technician in the State of Tennessee or any licensed facility where veterinary
medicine is practiced in the State of Tennessee.
(25) Massage - The systematic therapeutic
friction, stroking, and kneading of the animal body for the treatment,
correction, alleviation or prevention of any animal disease, illness, pain,
deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or mental conditions.
(26) Material Fact - Any fact which an
ordinary, reasonable, and prudent person would rely upon in making an informed
decision on which veterinarian or veterinary facility to choose.
(27) Neuter - The removal of an animal's
reproductive organs.
(28)
Obstetrics - The branch of veterinary medicine that deals with the management
of pregnancy and labor in animals as well as the management and treatment of
sterility or infertility .
(29)
Oncology - The branch of veterinary medicine that deals with the diagnosis and
treatment of animal tumors and cancer.
(30) Ophthalmology - The branch of veterinary
medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of the animal eye and its
diseases.
(31) Patient - An animal
that is examined or treated by a veterinarian.
(32) Premises - Any veterinary facility where
a licensed veterinarian practices or where the practice of veterinary medicine
occurs.
(33) Premises Owner - Any
person, corporation or other similar organization, public or private,
for-profit or not-for-profit, holding title to a facility where a licensed
veterinarian practices or where the practice of veterinary medicine
occurs.
(34) Premises Permit - A
permit issued by the Board to operate a veterinary medicine facility when the
premises meet minimum standards established by the Board .
(35) Public Rabies Vaccination Clinic - A
clinic sponsored by a local health department to provide vaccination of dogs
and cats against rabies, under the local health department's ordinances and
regulations.
(36) Radiology - The
branch of veterinary medicine that deals with the use of radiant energy in the
diagnosis and treatment of disease in animals.
(37) Retail Establishment - Any retail store
in excess of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet that primarily sells
goods not related to the practice of veterinary medicine, or any veterinary
facility located in an enclosed shopping mall or enclosed shopping
center.
(38) Spay - The surgical
removal of the ovaries or ovaries and uterus from a female animal.
(39) Sterility - Inability to produce
offspring.
(40) Supervising
Veterinarian - A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice
veterinary medicine in Tennessee, who shall be accountable to the board for the
facility's compliance with the laws and rules governing the practice of
veterinary medicine in this state, and is responsible for the supervision of a
temporary licensee, veterinary student intern, employee, or consulting
veterinarian.
(41) Surgery - The
art, practice, or work of treating disease, injuries, deformities, or
conditions by manual or operative procedures. The castrating or dehorning of
any wild or domestic animal is not considered veterinary surgery .
(42) Ultrasound - The application of
ultrasonic waves for the purpose of diagnosing or treating an animal.
(43) Veterinarian-client -patient relationship
(VCPR) has the same meaning as established by T.C.A. §
63-12-103(17).
(44) Veterinary Facility has the same meaning
as established by T.C.A. §
63-12-103(18).
(45) Veterinary Practice means:
(a) Large Animal Practice - A practice in
which ninety percent (90%) or more of the animals seen/treated are equine, farm
animal, or any other animals deemed as "large animal" by the Board .
(b) Small Animal Practice - A practice in
which ninety percent (90%) or more of the animals seen/treated are companion
animals or any other animals deemed as "small animal" by the Board .
(c) Mixed Animal Practice - A practice in
which both large and small animals are seen or treated and the percentage of
animals seen/treated exceeds ten percent (10%) for both types of
animals.
(46) Veterinary
Rehabilitative Therapy - Therapeutic or rehabilitative interventions that are
used to treat, correct, change, alleviate, or prevent animal disease, illness,
pain, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical conditions for the purpose
of physical rehabilitation.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-12-102, 63-12-103, 63-12-105, 63-12-106, and 63-12-133.
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