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Senate Agriculture Committee reintroduces committee substitute to regulate non-veterinarian equine dental practitioners
Summary
The Senate Agriculture Committee reintroduced and approved a committee substitute to create a regulatory structure for non-veterinarian equine dental practitioners, including an 18-month implementation window and a five-year grandfather clause. Committee members questioned testing standards and potential effects on veterinarians.
Chairman Howe convened the Senate Agriculture Committee and reintroduced a committee substitute to regulate non-veterinarian equine dental practitioners, then secured committee approval to reintroduce the substitute by voice vote.
The measure would add two categories of allied health providers into an existing licensing/registration framework and include an 18-month window for existing practitioners to meet new requirements, plus a grandfather clause reaching back five years, supporters said. The committee discussed testing standards, disciplinary processes and the intent to provide access and oversight without displacing veterinarians.
Chairman Howe told the committee there had been substantial stakeholder work on the draft and that materials distributed before the meeting “will not be made part of the…
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