The board must adopt rules for administering the chapter, professional conduct, alternate therapies, equine dentistry, veterinary technicians, and a jurisprudence exam, and it must not unreasonably restrict owners’ choice of a licensed equine dental provider.
Sec. 801.151. RULES. (a) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter. (b) The board shall adopt rules of professional conduct appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity, skills, and practice in the veterinary medicine profession. (c) The board shall adopt rules to: (1) protect the public; (2) ensure that alternate therapies, including ultrasound diagnosis and therapy, magnetic field therapy, holistic medicine, homeopathy, chiropractic treatment, acupuncture, and laser therapy, are performed only by a veterinarian or under the supervision of a veterinarian; (3) ensure that equine dentistry is performed only by a veterinarian who is active and in good standing or by a licensed equine dental provider who is active and in good standing under the appropriate level of supervision of a veterinarian who is active and in good standing and who has established a veterinarian-client-patient relationship with the owner or other caretaker of an animal in accordance with Section 801.351; and (4) provide for the licensing and regulation of licensed veterinary technicians. (d) The board may adopt rules regarding the work of a person who works under the supervision of a veterinarian. (e) The board shall adopt rules to implement a jurisprudence examination for licensed equine dental providers and licensed veterinary technicians, including rules relating to the development and administration of the examination, examination fees, guidelines for reexamination, examination grading, and provision of notice of examination results. (f) The board may not adopt rules that unreasonably restrict the selection by the owner or other caretaker of an animal of a licensed equine dental provider who is in good standing to provide equine dental services. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (H.B. 414), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 481 (S.B. 1312), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 874 (S.B. 2155), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2025.