Posting Notice of Use of Veterinary Assistant; Proper Identification Required

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Professions and Businesses
  4. Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians
  5. Veterinary Assistants
  6. Posting Notice of Use of Veterinary Assistant; Proper Identification Required

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  1. Any licensed veterinarian, animal clinic, or animal hospital using veterinary assistants shall post a notice to that effect in a prominent place.
  2. A veterinary assistant must clearly identify himself or herself as such in order to ensure that he or she is not mistaken by the public as a licensed veterinarian or licensed veterinary technician. This may be accomplished, for example, by the wearing of an appropriate name tag. Any time the veterinary assistant's name appears in a professional setting, his or her status must be shown as "veterinary assistant."

(Code 1981, §43-50-63, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 30, § 4/HB 999; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, § 3/HB 956.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added "or licensed veterinary technician" at the end of the first sentence of subsection (b).


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