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House updates veterinary licensing to reflect embryo transfer and AI, limits technicians to university training as amended
Summary
The House amended and passed substitute H.B. 257 to allow artificial insemination and embryo-transfer practices and to permit technicians trained or approved by a university to perform specified procedures; sponsor said language was developed with the Utah Veterinary Medical Association.
The House adopted a substitute to House Bill 257 to update the Veterinary Practice Act to recognize reproductive techniques that have become common in livestock management and to permit technicians trained or approved by a university to perform specified reproduction-related procedures.
Sponsor Representative Wright told the chamber that artificial insemination and embryo transfer have developed in the last 15–20 years and that the substitute…
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