Board of Veterinary Medicine

Important Information (Hot Topics)

The Division of Professions recently launched a project to assist applicants in obtaining comprehensive information regarding the requirements for becoming licensed.  Each profession’s application forms page will include a link to the required qualifications for each license transaction, along with a link addressing the most common deficiencies for each.  The goals of the project are to reduce deficiency letters and to help applicants become licensed more efficiently.  The Division has rolled out this new feature for the Boards of Architecture and Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Veterinary Medicine, and other Board pages will be updated in the near future.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES NEW HEALTH CARE CLINIC ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT

The Florida Department of Health reminds establishments purchasing prescription drugs about the new health care clinic establishment permit requirement beginning January 1, 2009.  The permit authorizes the purchase of prescription drugs by a professional corporation or professional limited liability company.  It also authorizes the purchase of prescription drugs by corporations that employ veterinarians.

Health care practitioners or veterinarians who are purchasing prescription drugs under their professional license number are not required to obtain the permit.

For more information, please visit www.doh.state.fl.us/pharmacy or call (850) 245-4227.

Result of The Board of Veterinary Medicine Meeting on March 18, 2008 Regarding the Practice of Micro-chipping Animals