SF 134 (LSB 1346XS (5) 88)

SENATE FILE 134

BY  KINNEY

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for persons serving as public members on the Iowa board of veterinary medicine. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 169.5, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the senate pursuant to section 2.32, a board of five individuals, three of whom shall be licensed veterinarians and two of whom shall not be licensed veterinarians and shall represent the general public. The board shall be known as the Iowa board of veterinary medicine.
   b.  Each appointed licensed veterinarian board member shall be actively engaged in veterinary medicine and shall must have been so engaged for a period of five years immediately preceding appointment, the last two of which shall must have been in Iowa. The representatives Each appointed representative of the general public shall must be knowledgeable in the area of animal husbandry.  The representative must not have ever been licensed, certified, registered, or subject to disciplinary action under this chapter. The representative must not have otherwise ever been subject to regulation by the board, including as a veterinarian, veterinary technician, or veterinary assistant. 
   c.  A member of the board shall not be employed by or nor have any material or financial interest in any wholesale or jobbing house dealing in supplies, equipment, or instruments used or useful in the practice of veterinary medicine.
   c.  d.  Professional associations or societies Any organization composed of licensed veterinarians may recommend to the governor the names of licensed veterinarians to serve as potential board members to. Any organization composed of persons interested in animal husbandry may recommend to the governor the names of potential board members representing the general public. However, the governor, but the governor is not bound by the recommendations required to make an appointment based on a recommendation.
    Sec. 2.  TERMS OF MEMBERS OF THE IOWA BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.  This Act’s amendments to section 169.5 shall not affect the current terms of representatives of public members appointed prior to the effective date of this Act. However, a representative who does not meet the requirements of those amendments is not eligible for reappointment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends provisions in Code chapter 169 relating to the appointment of public members to the Iowa board of veterinary medicine. The bill provides that a public member cannot have ever been associated with the practice of veterinary medicine by being licensed, certified, registered, or subject to disciplinary action under that Code chapter. The public members cannot have ever been authorized to act under the supervision of the board as a veterinarian, veterinary technician, or veterinary assistant. The bill also provides that organizations representing persons interested in animal husbandry may recommend appointments of public members to the governor in the same manner as organizations representing licensed veterinarians may recommend appointments of licensed veterinarians. The bill does not affect the current terms of public members.