(Code 1981, §43-50-55, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 615, § 1-1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 30, § 3/HB 999; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.)
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted "licensed" preceding "veterinary technicians" in subsection (a); in subsection (b), inserted "licensed" preceding "veterinary technician" near the beginning of the first sentence, and, in the last sentence, inserted "veterinary technician's" near the beginning, and substituted "licensed veterinary technician" for "veterinary technician" at the end; and deleted former subsection (c), which read: "(1) No licensed veterinarian shall have more than four veterinary technicians on duty under his or her supervision at any one time.
"(2) No licensed veterinarian shall practice veterinary medicine at a veterinary facility when the number of veterinary technicians employed at such veterinary facility exceeds the number of licensed veterinarians regularly engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine at such veterinary facility by a ratio of more than 2:1.
"(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall not apply to any licensed veterinarian engaged in a specialty practice if he or she is certified for such specialty practice by a college approved for such purpose by the American Veterinary Medical Association or its successor organization; provided, however, that no such licensed veterinarian shall engage in such specialty practice at a veterinary facility when the number of veterinary technicians employed at such veterinary facility exceeds the number of licensed veterinarians regularly engaged in a specialty practice of veterinary medicine at such veterinary facility by a ratio of more than 5:1."