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Magazine of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society Issue 15.04 | July-August IN THIS ISSUE: Out-of-State DVMs Blue-Green Algae And More … issue 15.04 | July-August magazine of the NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY issue 15.04 | July-August magazine of the NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY ISSN 2333-3375 • USPS 407-350 100 Great Oaks Blvd., Suite 127, Albany NY 12203 Tel. (800) 876-9867 • Fax (518) 869-7868 • Email [email protected] • Web www.nysvms.org Connections is published bimonthly by the New York State Veterinary Medical Society Inc., 100 Great Oaks Blvd., Suite 127, Albany NY 12203. Subscriptions are $1/year to members as part of their annual dues, $25/year to subscribers and $50/year to nonmember veterinarians in New York State. Opinions expressed in articles and editorials of Connections are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society Inc. Second-class postage paid at Albany, N.Y. Postmaster: Send address changes to: NYSVMS, 100 Great Oaks Blvd., Suite 127, Albany NY 12203. Communications Education/Conference Executive Director Specialist Specialist NYSVMS Legal Counsel Membership Assistant Jennifer J. Mauer, CAE Stephanie Quirini Dory Fisk, CMP Barbara J. Ahern, Esq. Jennifer Hill NYSVMS OFFICERS REGIONAL OFFicERS President Capital District Long Island Dean M. Snyder, DVM Mark E. Will, DVM Surinder S. Wadyal, DVM President-elect Catskill Mountain New York City Susan E. Wylegala, DVM David C. Leahy, DVM Allan P. Bregman, DVM Past President Central New York Northern New York Christopher Brockett, DVM Victoria Bentley, DVM Jessica Scillieri Smith, DVM Treasurer Finger Lakes Southern Tier Lawrence W. Bartholf, DVM Robert Hamilton, DVM Joshua H. Clay, VMD AVMA Delegate Genesee Valley Westchester/Rockland Walter K. McCarthy, DVM Andy Fleming, DVM Robert J. Weiner, VMD Hudson Valley Western New York James C. Zgoda, DVM Jeanne Best, DVM 2 New York State Veterinary Medical Society TaBLE OF CONTENTS DEpaRTMENTS 5 President’s Message 2015 NYSVMS Legislative Session in Review 7 Legal page 12 21 In Memoriam 22 Classified Ads INDUSTRY 10 Blue-Green Algae Blooms: A Danger to Dogs and Other Animals ASSOciaTION 14 NYSVMS Retains Law Firm to Address Legislative Issues in New York City 14 NYS AVMA Delegates Nominated 15 2nd Annual NYS-VC Spring 2015 a Great Success! 17 Register Now for the NYS-VC Fall October 16-18, 2015 24 Save the Date Want to learn more? Visit Connections online in the Knowledge Center: www.NYSVMS.org New York State Veterinary Medical Society 3 VETERINARY COMPOUNDING INFORMATION ! In May, the FDA released a proposed guidance that intends to change its enforcement policies related to veterinary compounding, using bulk ingredients. ! ! Please be aware of the FDA Guidance for Industry #230. Read this document and understand that it will affect your practice Fallon and how you care for your patients. Wellness Pharmacy It can be found at: Toll Free (800) 890-1137 www.fda.gov/downloads/AnimalVeterinary/ 1057 Troy-Schenectady Road GuidanceComplianceEnforcement/ Latham, New York 12110 Telephone (518) 220-2005 GuidanceforIndustry/UCM446862.pdf Facsimile (518) 220-5004 ! 472 Broadway ! We strongly encourage you to make Saratoga Springs, New York 12866 Telephone (518) 306-5343 your voices heard and comment directly to Facsimile (518) 306-5347 the FDA at www.regulations.gov for fallonpharmacy.com electronic comments, or send written [email protected] comments to the Division of Dockets [email protected] Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 4 New York State Veterinary Medical Society NYSVMS UpdaTE President’s Message as well as serves as a vision for agenda. This prevented the The NYSVMS Government the year 2020. It’s interesting to bill from advancing to the full Relations Committee and the note that students graduating Assembly floor for debate and Grassroots Legislative Network from high school this year a possible vote. Our Grassroots worked hard to protect your represent the next graduating Legislative Network (GRLN) right to choose the best class of DVMs in 2020. started a local community treatment plan for your patients and will continue to do so! During the planning retreat our campaign to educate lawmakers mission statement was revised on the Committee, as well as In closing, I am proud to slightly to better reflect what the Assembly Majority leaders, announce that NYSVMS we do every day: Leading New about how this legislation would received a 2015 APEX (Awards York State veterinarians through adversely affect animals and for Publication Excellence) education, advancement and their owners. And it worked! This Award under the category protection of animal wellness, bill saw no other action through of Magazines, Journals & public health and the veterinary the end of the legislative session! Tabloids-Most Improved for this medical profession. A new Frank Nemeth, our legislative publication, our Connections vision statement was also representative, heard from Magazine. There were over created: One voice for veterinary several key legislators that your 1900 entries from all over the Dean M. Snyder, DVM medicine in New York State. voices were heard and what you world in 100 categories and YSVMS continues to advocate on your behalf on the “The ultimate goal over the next three two tenets of our years is to identify more ways to serve our LEAP initiative- Nto lead and protect: Leading members and all practicing veterinarians by crafting a three year strategic plan and protecting throughout New York State through support, by stalling the progress of advocacy, and education and positioning the declaw legislation. ourselves as the leading experts.” LEAD NYSVMS leadership embarked on a two-day retreat in April The ultimate goal over the next said made a direct impact. This 749 winners. APEX Awards is an to develop a new strategic three years is to identify more was especially important as this annual competition sponsored by plan. Led by Bob Harris, ways to serve our members bill was one of the top priorities Communications Concepts, Inc. CAE, this group updated and all practicing veterinarians of our 2015 legislative agenda. for publishers, editors, writers its three-year plan, which throughout New York State We recognize members may hold and designers who create print, builds on the LEAP campaign through support, advocacy, their own professional opinion Web, electronic and social media. (lead, educate, advance and and education and positioning on the matter of declawing. Connections went through a protect), launched in 2012. ourselves as the leading experts. However, when we come complete redesign and everyone The result is a comprehensive PROTECT together as a profession, we at NYSVMS should be proud that plan of five strategic areas: The 2015 Legislative Session came must all agree that no legislative our publication has received advocacy and government to a close at the end of June. body, either city or state, should this international recognition! relations; member service and As you will read in the following be allowed to ban a medical As you can see, we have value; professional development pages, NYSVMS scored several procedure. We cannot allow the accomplished a great deal so and education; marketing and legislative victories—the most government to decide what is the far this year and will continue communications and state significant was preventing the best care for our patients. Once to work hard for you and society structure. This plan declaw legislation (AB 1297) legislation like that passes, it is the veterinary profession builds on the progress made from appearing on the Assembly very difficult to get it reversed or throughout 2015. over the previous three years, • Agriculture Committee meeting even amended. New York State Veterinary Medical Society 5 New York State Fall Veterinary Conference Hosted by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine & New York State Veterinary Medical Society October 16-18, 2015 Ithaca, NY Register online at www.vet.cornell.edu/nysvc 6 New York State Veterinary Medical Society Want to learn more? LEGal Visit Connections online. Requirement of Licensure for Out-of-State DVMs; VCPR Changes ean Snyder, DVM, President, Linda Jacobson, DVM, Past President, and Keith Sobel, DCE Chair for HVVMS, joined Barbara Ahern, Esq., NYSVMS legal counsel, in representing NYSVMS at the April 17 meeting of the Board of Veterinary Medicine (BVM) in New York City. The most important issue discussed was the consultation exemption requirement for licensure for out-of-state veterinarians. This issue stemmed from New York State Education Department’s interpretation of a portion of the veterinary practice act that provides an exemption from New York State “... NYSED is taking the position licensure when a NYS-licensed veterinarian consults with an that the exemption from NYS out-of-state specialist in a particular field of veterinary licensure applies to out-of- specialists in internal medicine medicine to provide services who may review all the tests state veterinarians who may to a client. Section 6705 of the and physical exams conducted Education Law provides: “Exempt provide a consulting opinion to on a patient and render an Persons. The following persons opinion on possible medical under the following limitations a NYS veterinarian, but does not issues that exist in that may practice veterinary medicine specific patient, to radiologists provide an exemption to a firm within the state without a who review radiographs taken license: 3. Any veterinarian who that is in the daily business of of a specific patient, and is licensed in another state or pathologists who analyze country and who is meeting a providing consulting opinions...” blood specimens taken from veterinarian licensed in this state a patient to report on specific for purposes of consultation blood chemistry components the country inquired about to a firm that is in the daily provided such practice is limited and note any abnormalities.
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