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Pet owner urges board to require clinics to inform owners that veterinary records exist
Summary
A written public comment read into the Medical Director Committee record called on the Board to require veterinary practices to inform pet owners in writing that medical records exist and that owners have a right to request them. The committee recorded the comment for the meeting record.
The committee read a written public comment from Steve Mayo into the record. Mayo recounted losing his dog and later discovering medical records that he said had not been provided to him during treatment. He asked the Board to require veterinary practices to inform pet owners in writing that medical records for animals exist and that pet owners have a right to request those records. Mayo identified himself as a licensed California realtor with 40 years' experience and framed his suggestion as a simple transparency measure.
The committee accepted the written comment for the public record; no committee action was taken during the meeting on medical-records policy.
