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<font size="+1">(bear in mind that this applies not just to
isoflurane but all controlled substances; I reference isoflurane
only because of the puzzling - baffling - insistence by the AVMA
that is is an alternative that is available for use in wildlife
research conducted in the field, notwithstanding the AVMA's own
Principles of Ethics and notwithstanding these state prohibitions)<b><br>
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Mississippi</b></font> (can't give links; this came from Lexis
which is a proprietary database with dynamic urls)<br>
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The Veterinary Practice Act of the Mississippi Code, Annotated
states that:<br>
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style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
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255); display: inline !important; float: none;">(s) "Practice of
veterinary medicine" means:</span></p>
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<p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana,
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> (i) To
diagnose, treat, correct, change, alleviate or prevent animal
disease, illness, pain, deformity, defect, injury or other
physical, dental or mental conditions by any method or mode,
including:</span></p>
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<p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana,
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto;
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255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> 1. The
prescribing, dispensing, administering or applying of any drug,
medicine, biologic, apparatus, anesthetic or other therapeutic
or diagnostic substance or medical or surgical technique; or</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto;
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white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;">v) "Veterinarian-client-patient
relationship" means that all of the following are required:</span></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> (i) The
veterinarian has assumed the responsibility for making clinical
judgments regarding the health of the animal and the need for
medical treatment, and the client has agreed to follow the
veterinarian's instructions.</span></p>
<p><br class="br" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
13.333333015441895px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> (ii) The
veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal to initiate
at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical
condition of the animal because the veterinarian has recently
seen and is personally acquainted with the keeping and care of
the animal either by virtue of an examination of the animal or
by medically appropriate and timely visits to the premises where
the animal is kept.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
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<p><em style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
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255);">Miss. Code Ann. § 73-39-53 (v)</em></p>
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<p><em style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
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255);">and </em></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
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255); display: inline !important; float: none;">§ 73-39-59.
Licensing requirement for practice of veterinary medicine;
establishment of veterinarian-client-patient relationship<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
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<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> (1) No person
may practice veterinary medicine in the state who is not a
licensed veterinarian or the holder of a valid temporary permit
issued by the board unless otherwise exempt under this chapter.</span></p>
<p><br class="br" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
13.333333015441895px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;">(2) No person
may practice veterinary medicine in the state except within the
context of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.</span></p>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
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<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;
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white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> Since
prescribing = practice and practice requires the VCPR, and the
VCPR requires conditions that virtually never exist in the
context of wildlife research in the field, then....</span></p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET">"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"</a>
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