Barbara L. Reitz, D.V.M; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Volume 39, No. 149, of the August 1, 2013, Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner was seeking the Board’s interpretation of Section 474.203, Florida ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Veterinary Medicine

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Veterinary Medicine has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Barbara L. Reitz, D.V.M on July 22, 2013. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:

The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Volume 39, No. 149, of the August 1, 2013, Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner was seeking the Board’s interpretation of Section 474.203, Florida Statutes, as it relates to exemptions from possessing a veterinary license to practice. The Board of Veterinary Medicine considered the Petition at its meeting held on September 4, 2013, in St. Augustine, Florida. The Board’s Order, filed on October 9, 2013, denies the petition for declaratory statement stating that the exemption to licensure cited is not applicable to the facts presented as the Petitioner has failed to provide sufficient evidence to support a finding that the veterinary technology program referenced could be considered either a school or college of veterinary medicine.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Juanita Chastain, Executive Director, Division of Professions, Board of Veterinary Medicine, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783, [phone] or by electronic mail at [e-mail].