Section: 17-2814

VETERINARY-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP (VCPR)

Most recent version of the final adopted rule codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)


Effective Date : 8/6/2021 12:00:00 AM

Authority : Section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 (“Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2016 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.

Source : Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2226, 2236 (March 25, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 7717 (August 6, 2021).

Editor's Note :

Rulemaking notices were published in the D.C. Register(DCR) and Adopted Rules were codified into the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)

  Notice ID Register Category Heading Notice/
Adopted Section
Register Issue/
Effective Date
R0049491 Adopted Rule VETERINARY-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP (VCPR) View Text Effective:
8/6/2021

N111186 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Final Rulemaking - to amend and update Chapter 28 (Veterinarians) of Title 17 DCMR to comport with the incorporation of veterinarians as health professionals in the Act pursuant to the Omnibus Health Regulation Amendment Act of 2014, effective March 26, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-96; 61 DCR 1184 (February 14, 2014)) and to clarify that that the practice of veterinary medicine is now regulated as a health occupation. View Text 8/6/2021
Vol 68/32
N105756 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC HEALTH) - Notice of Third Proposed Rulemaking - amends and updates Chapter 28 (Veterinarians) of Title 17 DCMR to recognize that the practice of veterinary medicine is regulated as a health occupation in accordance with the Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 View Text 4/16/2021
Vol 68/16
N0080170 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - To amend and update Chapter 28 (Veterinarians) in accordance with the inclusion of the profession in the Health Occupations Revision Act as well as require that ten percent (10%) of the required continuing education be in public health priorities as determined by the Department of Health View Text 3/15/2019
Vol 66/11
N0074387 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - To revise and update veterinarian regulation to include standards of practice and reflect the inclusion of the profession as a health profession under Chapter 12 of Title 3 of the District of Columbia Code. This proposed rulemaking is published concurrently with the proposed rulemaking for veterinary technicians (Chapter 112) and veterinary euthanasia technicians (Chapter 111) View Text 10/19/2018
Vol 65/43
R0033317 Adopted Rule VETERINARY-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP (VCPR) View Text Effective:
1/1/1900

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