Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1730-03-.01 - DEFINITIONS
As used in these rules, the terms and acronyms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them.
(1) Advertisement - Information communicated
to the public, in any manner, designed to attract public attention to the
practice of veterinarians or facilities licensed in Tennessee.
(2) 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.
(3) Applicant - Any individual seeking
licensure by the Board who has submitted an official application and paid the
application fee.
(4) 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.
(5) Board - The Tennessee Board of Veterinary
Medical Examiners.
(6) Client - The
patient's owner, owner's agent, or other person responsible for the
patient.
(7) 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.
(8) Department - Tennessee Department of
Health.
(9) 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".
(10) Division - The Tennessee Department of
Health, Division of Health Related Boards, from which the Board receives
administrative support.
(11)
Floating - The rasping or cutting of enamel points from the cheek teeth of an
equine.
(12) 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;
(13) Licensee - Any person who has been
lawfully issued a license by the Board.
(14) Patient - An animal that is examined or
treated by a veterinarian.
(15)
Premises - Any veterinary facility where a licensed veterinarian practices or
where the practice of veterinary medicine occurs.
(16) Premises Owner - Any person, corporation
or other similar organization, public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit,
who holds title to a facility where a licensed veterinarian practices or where
the practice of veterinary medicine occurs.
(17) Premises Permit - A permit issued by the
board to operate a veterinary medicine facility when premises meet minimum
standards established by the Board.
(18) 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.
(19) 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.
(20) 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.
(21) 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.
(22)
Veterinarian-client-patient relationship has the same meaning established by
T.C.A. §
63-12-103(17).
(23) Veterinary Facility has the same meaning
established by T.C.A. §
63-12-103(18).
(24) 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 of
Veterinary Medical Examiners.
(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 of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
(c) Mixed Animal Practice - A practice in
which both large and small animals are seen/treated and the percentage of
animals seen/treated exceeds ten percent (10%) for both types of
animals.
(25) 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, 63-1-101, 63-12-102, 63-12-103, 63-12-104, 63-12-105, 63-12-106, 63-12-110, 63-12-112, 63-12-113, 63-12-121, 63-12-133, 63-12-135, and 63-12-139.
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