[Nhcoll-l] Isoflurane: Kansas

[Ellen Paul]

I've asked the Mammal-l listserve owner to consider changing settings so 
that my message post properly, but in the meantime, here is an attempt 
to respond to answer Nancy Solomon's request for Ohio, Illinois, and 
Kansas.

By the way, think twice before running to your IACUC or IO with this 
information. Don't borrow trouble! They could very well tell the 
veterinarian - many of whom have been providing or prescribing 
isoflurane regardless of state law - to stop doing so. I'm providing 
this information in the context of the AVMA allegation that there are 
alternatives, which is almost always turning out, in the view of the 
AVMA and veterinarians, to be isoflurane. Word to the wise - don't raise 
it unless they tell you that you can't use thoracic compression or have 
to use isoflurane before using thoracic compression.

And finally - a plea, again, to let me know what happens at your 
university with regard to the use of thoracic compression and isoflurane.

Kansas:

Kansas is one of the many states that requires a "veterinary client 
patient relationship."

(1) All prescription drugs to be dispensed for use by a companion animal 
may be dispensed only on the order
  of a licensed veterinarian who has an existing veterinary 
client-patient relationship as defined by the Kansas  veterinary 
practice act.

http://www.kansas.gov/veterinary/KS_Administrative_Regulations.pdf

Here is the definition:

(n) "Veterinary-client-patient relationship" means:
  (1) The veterinarian has assumed the responsibility for making medical 
judgments regarding the health of the
animal or animals and the need for medical treatment, and the client, 
owner or other caretaker has agreed to follow
the instruction of the veterinarian;
  (2) there is sufficient knowledge of the animal or animals by the 
veterinarian to initiate at least a general or
preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal or animals. 
This means that the veterinarian has recently
seen or is personally acquainted with the keeping and care of the animal 
or animals by virtue of an examination of
the animal or animals, or by medically appropriate and timely visits to 
the premises where the animal or animals are
kept, or both; and
  (3) the practicing veterinarian is readily available for followup in 
case of adverse reactions or failure of the
regimen of therapy.

http://www.kansas.gov/veterinary/KS_Practice_Act2.pdf

That NEVER exists for the kind of work you are doing. So is the campus 
vet going to violate Kansas law and give you isoflurane? And do they 
really believe you can carry it on a plane?

Ellen

Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: ellen.paul at verizon.net
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"