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MVPA Exemptions By State

With this chart, easily find a summary of each state’s exemptions — including farriery — to the definition of from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Model Veterinary Practice Act (MVPA).

State Included In The Practice Of Exemptions Veterinary Medicine Alabama Acupuncture Animal massage by a massage therapist under the direction of a Animal psychology licensed Animal chiropractic Removing embryo to cryopreserve, transplant or implant (Animal owner (including cosmetic) or his regular employee) Any manual, mechanical, biological or chemical procedure for testing for pregnancy or for correcting sterility or infertility Removing embryo to cryopreserve, transplant or implant Alaska Dentistry Artificial insemination Any manual, mechanical, Farrier biological or chemical Routine Farming or Animal procedure for testing for Husbandry (Performed by Animal pregnancy or for correcting owner or employee) sterility or infertility Arizona Treating an animal with no Obstetrics compensation (Animal owner or Dentistry employee) Acupuncture Certified equine dental practitioners Manipulation under the general supervision of a All other branches or licensed veterinarian specialties of veterinary medicine Arkansas Acupuncture Routine accepted Dentistry management practices without Animal psychology compensation Animal Chiropractic Livestock embryo transfer or Theriogenology transplant Veterinary surgery (including Livestock pregnancy determination cosmetic) Animal owner or employee Any manual, mechanical, Horseshoeing biological or chemical Training procedure for testing for Selling medicines for the treatment of pregnancy or for correcting animal diseases sterility or infertility Collecting, preparing or freezing All other branches or semen specialties of veterinary Nonsurgical artificial insemination medicine Animal chiropractic under the immediate supervision of an Arkansas licensed veterinarian California Surgical or dental operations Any person may utilize cotton swabs, Performs any manual gauze, dental floss, dentifrice or procedure for the diagnosis of toothbrushes on an animal's teeth pregnancy, sterility or Animal Chiropractic by a licensed infertility upon livestock or chiropractor under the direct Equidae supervision of a veterinarian Gratuitous assistance to owner Animal owner or employee Determination as to status of pregnancy, sterility, infertility of livestock, equine, food animals at time of insemination, if free of charge Colorado Artificial insemination Accepted livestock management Ova transplantation practices Pregnancy Testing Animal owner or employee Correcting sterility or Animal massage — any person may infertility perform massage on an animal if the Veterinary Surgery person does not prescribe drugs, Obstetrics perform surgery or diagnose medical Dentistry (does not include conditions and has earned a degree or certain teeth cleaning or certificate in animal massage from an preventative dental procedures) approved school Transrectal procedures, Animal Chiropractic — a licensed embryo transfer, uterine chiropractor may perform animal lavages and reproductive chiropractic when such chiropractic procedures diagnosis and treatment is consistent with the scope of practice for chiropractors and the animal has been provided a veterinary medical clearance by a licensed veterinarian Physical therapy — a licensed physical therapist may perform physical therapy on an animal with proper training and with veterinary medical clearance Any person may assist in a surgical procedure under the immediate supervision of a licensed veterinarian, who is responsible for the person's performance The practice of dentistry may be delegated to veterinary personnel under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian Connecticut Surgery Euthanizing of animals in accordance Animal dentistry with applicable state and federal drug laws by the Connecticut Humane Society Teeth floating Delaware For testing for pregnancy or Accepted livestock management for correcting sterility or practices infertility Animal owner or employee Veterinary Surgery Support activities under the direct Obstetrics supervision of a licensed veterinarian Dentistry All other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine District of Surgery An employee or agent of the federal Columbia Dentistry or District government while performing his or her official duties provided that a person exempt under this paragraph shall not perform surgical operations Florida Performing any manual Animal owner or employee procedure for the diagnosis of Part-time or temporary basis hires, or or treatment for pregnancy or independent contractors, hired by an fertility or infertility of animals owner to assist with herd Surgery management and animal husbandry Acupuncture tasks for herd and flock animals, Obstetrics including , dehorning, Dentistry parasite control and debeaking, or a Physical therapy person hired on a part-time or temporary basis, or as an independent Theriogenology contractor, by an owner to provide Other branches or specialties farriery and manual hand floating of of veterinary medicine teeth on equines Out-of-state practicing temporarily in the state Georgia Acupuncture Teeth cleaning Dentistry Acceptable livestock management Manual or mechanical practices adjustment procedures Pregnancy Testing Physical therapy Implanting electronic identification Veterinary Surgery devices in small companion animals Diagnostic veterinary Artificial insemination Animal owner or employee Any manual, mechanical, Non-surgical embryo removal biological or chemical Testing and evaluation of semen procedure for testing for Soft tissue animal massage or other pregnancy or for correcting forms of soft tissue animal sterility or infertility manipulation Obstetrics Any other licensed or registered All other branches or health care provider utilizing his or specialties of veterinary her special skills so long as the medicine treatment of the animal is under the direction of a licensed veterinarian with a valid veterinary-client-patient relationship Aquaculture or raniculture management practices Farriery Hawaii Surgery Animal owner or employee Dentistry Farmers assisting each other with husbandry practices Idaho Surgery Farmer, rancher or feedlot operator Dentistry and employees Obstetrics Animal owner or employee All other branches or Artificial insemination of domestic specialties of veterinary animals medicine Horseshoeing or hoof trimming Artificial insemination Teeth cleaning Pregnancy Testing Allied health professional Fertility Evaluation participating in procedure within Embryo Transplant his/her scope of practice and under Fresh Semen Grading direct supervision of actively licensed veterinarian Illinois Complementary, alternative or Animal owner or employee integrative veterinary medical Livestock Management Practices procedures including: Member in good standing of another Chiropractic licensed or regulated profession Physical therapy acting with informed consent from Animal acupuncture the client and under direct or indirect Animal acutherapy supervision and control of a Animal acupressure veterinarian Veterinary homeopathy An individual providing equine Veterinary nutraceutical dentistry services requested by a therapy veterinarian, an owner or an owner's Veterinary phytotherapy agent Dentistry Any manual or mechanical procedure for reproductive management, including the diagnosis or treatment of pregnancy, sterility or infertility Indiana Surgical or dental operation Equine massage therapy Complimentary or alternative Animal owner or regular employee therapy Non-veterinarian licensed Pregnancy, Sterility or professionals can practice on animals Infertility Diagnosis when asked by a veterinarian and Chiropractic within a valid VCPR, with direct or Acupuncture indirect contact with veterinarian Iowa Veterinary surgery Accepted livestock practices Veterinary obstetrics Artificial insemination , Horseshoeing and trimming feet All other branches or Animal owner or employee specialties of veterinary medicine Evaluate or correct sterility or infertility Kansas Acupuncture Animal owner or regular employee Surgical or dental operations Independent contractor under direct Cosmetic Surgery or indirect supervision of veterinarian Animal psychology as specified by regulation Animal chiropractic Theriogenology Any manual, mechanical, biological or chemical procedure for testing for pregnancy or for correcting sterility or infertility All other branches of veterinary medicine Kentucky Any manual or mechanical Animal owner or regular employee procedure for testing for Castration and dehorning of farm pregnancy, or for correcting animals sterility or infertility Trainer, agent or herdsman in context Veterinary Surgery of veterinary-patient relationship Obstetrics Embryo transfers from any person Embryo Transfer who holds a postgraduate degree in Dentistry reproductive physiology or a related Acupuncture field, and who has performed embryo Laser therapy transfers in Kentucky during the five Manipulation (5) years immediately preceding July All other branches or 14, 1992 specialties of veterinary medicine Louisiana Veterinary surgery Accepted livestock management Obstetrics practices Dentistry Artificial insemination All other branches of Nonsurgical impregnation of farm veterinary medicine animals with frozen embryos The use of any manual or Animal owner or regular employee mechanical procedure for Equine dentistry testing for pregnancy, or for Alternative and collaborative therapy correcting sterility or infertility with veterinary supervision. Alternative and collaborative therapy includes: ultrasonography, magnetic field therapy, holistic medicine, homeopathy, animal chiropractic treatment, animal acupuncture, animal physical therapy, animal massage therapy, laser therapy, ophthalmology, cardiology, , radiology and oncology

Maine Acupuncture Accepted livestock practices Dentistry Owner or animal caretaker Homeopathic procedures Commercially performed artificial Chiropractic procedures insemination Physical or massage therapy Horseshoeing and trimming feet Surgery including elective surgery Any manual, mechanical, biological or chemical procedure used for pregnancy testing or correcting sterility or infertility Obstetrics All other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine Maryland Surgery, including cosmetic Accepted livestock management surgery practices Dentistry A farrier or a person actively engaged Any manual procedure upon an in the art or profession of animal for the diagnosis or horseshoeing as long as his actions treatment of sterility or are limited to the art of horseshoeing infertility of the animal or trimming and maintaining hooves; Teeth floating/cleaning Acupuncture under the supervision of a veterinarian Animal owner Massachusetts Surgery Animal Owner or employee Diagnosis Accepted livestock management practices Veterinary or surgical works The giving of advice to a neighbor by a person who does not hold himself out as a veterinarian or receive compensation Michigan Surgery Animal owner Diagnosis Licensed chiropractor with veterinary supervision Minnesota Surgery Dehorning and goats Obstetrics Castration of cattle, swine, goats and Pathology sheep Radiology sheep Dentistry Animal owner or regular employee Ophthalmology Chiropractic care by registered Cardiology chiropractors when referred by a Dermatology veterinarian and using a separate Laboratory animal medicine, space to treat animals All other branches or Equine teeth floating specialties of veterinary Farriery — Licenses for are issued by medicine the racing authority pursuant to rule Determination of pregnancy — not mentioned outside of racing and correction of sterility or infertility Mississippi Complementary, alternative A licensed chiropractor may and integrative therapies manipulate/adjust animals under the including: direct supervision of a licensed Acupuncture Mississippi doctor of veterinary Acutherapy medicine Acupressure Accepted livestock management Homeopathy practices approved by the Board Osteopathy Assistance of another licensed Chiropractic professional requested by veterinarian Physical therapy and under his/her direct or indirect Nutraceutical therapy supervision Phytotherapy Horseshoeing All branches and specialties Animal Owner or employee included within the practice of veterinary medicine Diagnose pregnancy in cattle or other livestock

Missouri Acupuncture Animal owner or employee Dentistry Animal Psychology Animal Chiropractic Theriogenology Surgery, General and Cosmetic Any manual, mechanical, biological or chemical procedure for testing for pregnancy or for correcting sterility or infertility Embryo Transfer/Transplant Montana Performs a manual or Pregnancy testing by animal laboratory procedure on owner/agent or performed livestock for the diagnosis of gratuitously pregnancy, sterility, or Accepted livestock management infertility for remuneration or practices hire Castrating or dehorning of cattle, Acupuncture sheep, , and swine Ova or Embryo Transfer Nonsurgical embryo transfers in Dentistry bovines may be performed under the supervision of a veterinarian Owner of farm animals or owner's employee Nebraska The use of any manual or Animal Therapy — by a licensed mechanical procedure for animal therapist with a letter of testing for pregnancy or referral from a licensed veterinarian fertility or for correcting Owner of livestock or a bona fide sterility or infertility farm or ranch employee may perform Veterinary Surgery retrievable embryo transplantation on a bovine including recovering, freezing, and transferring embryos, any act of vaccination, surgery, pregnancy testing or the administration of drugs in the treatment of domestic animals under his or her custody or ownership Dehorning or castrating livestock, not to include Equidae Retrievable transplantation of embryos on bovine, including recovering, freezing, and transferring, if the procedure is performed by a person who holds a doctorate degree in animal science with an emphasis in reproductive physiology and can show proof of valid professional liability insurance Nevada Embryo Collection To the gratuitous castrating, Testing for Pregnancy or for dehorning or vaccinating of correcting sterility or infertility domesticated animals nor to the Acupuncture gratuitous treatment of diseased Dentistry animals by friends or neighbors of the Chiropractic procedures owner thereof, except that all Surgery, including cosmetic vaccinations for zoonotic diseases surgery must be administered by a licensed veterinarian or a person under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian Accepted livestock management practices Animal Owner or Employee Animal chiropractor or physical therapist with certification under direction of veterinarian Teeth Cleaning New Veterinary Surgery Physical Therapy: The Board of Hampshire Obstetrics Veterinary Medicine has jurisdiction Dentistry over physical therapists practicing on All other branches or animals. A physical therapist may be specialties of veterinary certified by the Board to perform medicine animal physical therapy. In order to The use of any manual or treat an animal, he or she must mechanical procedure for receive a referral from a licensed testing for pregnancy, or for veterinarian. An animal physical correcting sterility or infertility therapist treating an animal shall Acupuncture provide to the referring veterinarian: Surgical embryo transfers (1) a written evaluation within 7 days after initial evaluation; (2) any additional progress notes every 30 days; and (3) notice of discharge or termination of treatment Accepted livestock management practices Animal owner or employee Equine Farrier Services Bovine Hoof Trimming Equine Massage Equine filing/floating New Jersey Embryo transfer Animal Owner Surgery Artificial insemination Dentistry New Mexico The use of any procedure for Preventive veterinary dental artificial insemination, testing procedures including but not limited for pregnancy, diagnosing and to the removal of , soft treating sterility or infertility deposits, plaque and stains; the Veterinary Surgery smoothing, filing, polishing of Obstetrics surfaces or floating or dressing of All other branches or equine teeth, shall be performed only specialties of veterinary by licensed veterinarians or under the medicine direct supervision of a licensed Dentistry veterinarian. Chiropractic Teeth Cleaning Physical therapy Accepted livestock management Acupuncture practices Acupressure Owner or employee Homeopathy Veterinary technicians or persons Therapeutic Massage holding or training for valid permits Embryo transfer for artificial insemination or diagnosing pregnancy Chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, acupressure and embryo transfer under the direct supervision of licensed veterinarian New York Veterinary Surgery Floating of equine teeth Dental conditions Licensed dentist under direct Subcutaneous insertion of a veterinary supervision microchip intended to be used to identify an animal North Veterinary Surgery Animal Owner or employee Carolina Obstetrics Dehorn or castrate food animals Dentistry Providing for or assistance in the All other branches or practice of artificial insemination specialties of veterinary Farrier or person actively engaged in medicine the activity or profession of shoeing hooved animals as long as his or her actions are limited to the art of shoeing hooved animals or trimming, clipping or maintaining hooves North Dakota The use of any manual or Livestock owner and employees mechanical procedure for Embryo transfers on cows testing for pregnancy, or for Animal owner correcting sterility or infertility Veterinary Surgery Obstetrics Dentistry Chiropractic Acupuncture All other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine Ohio Surgery Non-surgical embryo transfer by Dentistry animal owner or owner's designee Complementary alternative and under direct supervision of a licensed integrative therapies veterinarian Surgical Embryo transfer Animal Owner Accepted Livestock Management Practices including: Acts of tagging, ear notching, hoof trimming, deworming, branding, artificial insemination, including semen collection, preparation and freezing. Owner's agent may perform with the advice and consent of a licensed veterinarian who has provided training and oversight consistent with standard herd management practices: castration, tail docking, non-surgical dehorning, intravenous fluid administration, pregnancy detection other than by rectal technique, medication and biological administration, except for those prohibited by law and phlebotomy. Oklahoma Surgery Complimentary and alternative Animal Chiropractic medicine may be performed under the Dentistry direct supervision of a licensed Testing for pregnancy or veterinarian correcting sterility or Licensed chiropractors certified by enhancing fertility the Board of Chiropractic Examiners Complementary and alternative may engage in animal chiropractic therapies including: diagnosis and treatment — which Physical therapy includes vertebral subluxation Massage therapy complex and spinal manipulation Osteopathic therapy Non-certified chiropractors may Energy therapies provide chiropractic treatment Ayurveda including vertebral subluxation Aromatherapy complex and spinal manipulation to Flower remedy therapy an animal referred by a licensed Holistic medicine veterinarian Homeopathy All chiropractic physicians certified Nutritional therapy by the Board in the practice of animal Phytotherapy chiropractic diagnosis and treatment shall be issued a certification card, and must carry the certification card with them at all times. Animal husbandry, dehorning, branding, tagging or notching ears, teeth floating, farriery, pregnancy checking, collecting semen, preparing semen, freezing semen, castrating, worming, vaccinating, injecting or artificial insemination of farm animals or the acts or conduct of a person advising with respect to nutrition, feeds or feeding Animal owner or employee Individuals certified in animal massage therapy who acquire liability insurance may engage in animal massage therapy after referral from a licensed veterinarian Non-veterinary equine dental care (if provider is certified) The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners can certify an individual as a non-veterinary reproductive services technician beginning November 1, 2011 Oregon Surgery Animal owner or agent or employee Dental may perform veterinary medicine and Embryo transfer or pregnancy, surgery or dentistry — as well as sterility or fertility evaluation dehorning and vaccinating cattle Allied health professionals upon referral from a licensed veterinarian Physical therapy with a referral Preventive veterinary dental procedures including, but not limited to, the removal of calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains, or the smoothing, filing or polishing of tooth surfaces shall be performed only by licensed veterinarians, certified veterinary technicians or veterinary assistants under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian Teeth Cleaning Pennsylvania Surgery, including cosmetic Embryo transplantation when surgery performed by an animal owner or his Dental or her employee or when any person Any manual procedure upon an independently, with indirect animal for the diagnosis or veterinary supervision, implants any treatment of sterility or embryo into an animal infertility of animals Animal owner or employee or agent Normal husbandry practices on Implanting microchips as bovine, porcine, caprine, ovine or determined by the Board equine animals or avis Embryo transfer Farriery Chiropractic, dental, dental hygiene and physical therapy procedures performed upon animals by licensed individuals in conjunction with the practice of veterinary medicine and under the direct supervision of a veterinarian Grooming services Rhode Island Dentistry Accepted Livestock Management and Surgery Animal Husbandry Practices South Surgery, including cosmetic Animal owner or regular employee Carolina surgery Artificial insemination Perform a manual procedure Veterinarians may delegate the for the diagnosis or treatment performance of procedures, for sterility or infertility of an therapeutic options and alternate animal therapies, under certain conditions Embryo transplants Floating Teeth Obstetrics All other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine Therapeutic options or alternate therapies including: Acupuncture Manipulation and adjustment Magnetic field therapy Holistic medicine Homeopathy Herbology/naturopathy Massage Physical therapy South Dakota Surgery Livestock owner or employee or free Manipulation service Any branches of the practice of Veterinary livestock assistants veterinary medicine registered by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners who work under the supervision of a veterinarian licensed in the State of South Dakota to perform spaying of cattle and administration of biologics and pharmaceuticals under the order of their supervising veterinarians Tennessee Surgery, including cosmetic Embryo transfer from person's own Complementary, alternative, food animal and integrative therapies Animal owner or regular employee Any manual, mechanical, Castration biological, or chemical Dehorning procedure for the testing of Accepted livestock management pregnancy, or for the practices as defined by rule management or treatment of Manual procedure for testing of sterility or infertility pregnancy in bovines by farmers not Obstetrics compensated and results are for Dentistry owner's use only All other branches or Artificial insemination of livestock specialties of veterinary Massage therapy (section expires medicine 7/2018) Acupuncture Teeth floating using non-motorized Chiropractic therapy equipment by employee of Laser therapy veterinarian under certain conditions Rehabilitative therapy Ultrasound

Texas Dentistry Musculoskeletal manipulation and Surgery chiropractic may be practiced under Reproduction and obstetrics the supervision of a veterinarian Ophthalmology Animal owner or agent Dermatology Accepted livestock management Cardiology practices approved by the Board Any other discipline or Castration, docking, Dehorning of veterinary Artificially inseminating livestock medicine Shoeing a Horse Acupuncture Equine dentistry may be performed Homeopathy by a licensed equine dental provider Embryo Transfer Teeth Cleaning

Utah Surgery Implantation of any electronic device Dentistry for the purpose of establishing or maintaining positive identification of animals Animal owner or employee Vaccination of poultry Pullorum testing Typhoid testing of poultry Related poultry disease control activity Nonsurgical bovine artificial insemination Certified licensed chiropractor with veterinary referral Certified licensed physical therapist with veterinary referral Certified licensed massage therapist with veterinary referral Certified licensed acupuncturist with veterinary referral Vermont Surgery Teeth Cleaning Any manual or mechanical Animal owner or regular employee procedure for testing for Accepted livestock management pregnancy or for correcting practices and animal husbandry sterility, or infertility practices such as: Dental operations Artificial insemination Dehorning Clipping and shoeing animals Trimming feet and use of handheld files, rasps or other devices to remove overgrowth from the teeth of horses (floating) but not including power- assisted filing or power-assisted floating, the extraction of teeth or other procedures that invade the soft tissue of the mouth Virginia Surgery Animal owner or employee Dentistry Registered equine dental technicians Embryo transfer under regulation of the Board of Testing for Pregnancy Veterinary Medicine with veterinary Correcting Sterility or supervision in some circumstances Infertility Massage therapy or physical therapy may be delegated by a veterinarian to persons qualified by training and experience by an order from the veterinarian Persons permitted or authorized by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries may provide care for wildlife Animal owner or employee Washington Surgery Animal owner or employee Dentistry Castrating and dehorning of cattle, Any manual procedure for the castrating and docking of sheep, diagnosis of pregnancy, castrating of swine, caponizing of sterility or infertility upon poultry or artificial insemination of livestock animals Implementation of microchip Owner assisted in practice gratuitously Certified animal massage therapists West Virginia Surgery Dental operations by a licensed Dentistry veterinarian or veterinary assistant under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian Accepted livestock management practices Animal owner or employee Wisconsin Surgery Artificial insemination Pregnancy examinations of animals if engaged in prior to 2/11/1968 Castrating male livestock including bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, farm-raised deer and equine animals Dehorning or branding Wyoming Surgery, including cosmetic Animal owner or employee Dentistry Persons approved by the Board to Physiologically examine or to perform artificial insemination, or correct sterility or infertility embryo transplant or nonsurgical embryo transfer on animals, excepting and

Source: Staff Research, AVMA Division of State Advocacy & Leadership. The AVMA advises that for a complete view of the act and its exemptions in a given state, interested parties should consult full texts of the statutes and regulations, states’ veterinary medical associations or a well-versed attorney.