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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 474
VETERINARY MEDICAL PRACTICE
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F.S. 474.213
474.213 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) No person shall:
(a) Lead the public to believe that such person is licensed as a veterinarian, or is engaged in the licensed practice of veterinary medicine, without such person holding a valid, active license pursuant to this chapter;
(b) Use the name or title “veterinarian” when the person has not been licensed pursuant to this chapter;
(c) Present as her or his own the license of another;
(d) Give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof for the purpose of obtaining a license;
(e) Use or attempt to use a veterinarian’s license which has been suspended or revoked;
(f) Knowingly employ unlicensed persons in the practice of veterinary medicine;
(g) Knowingly conceal information relative to violations of this chapter;
(h) Obtain or attempt to obtain a license to practice veterinary medicine by fraudulent representation;
(i) Practice veterinary medicine in this state, unless the person holds a valid, active license to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to this chapter;
(j) Sell or offer to sell a diploma conferring a degree from a veterinary school or college, or a license issued pursuant to this chapter, or procure such diploma or license with the intent that it shall be used as evidence of that which the document stands for by a person other than the one upon whom it was conferred or to whom it was granted; or
(k) Knowingly operate a veterinary establishment or premises without having a premise permit issued under s. 474.215.
(2) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 79-228; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 4, 5, 15, 16, ch. 85-291; s. 7, ch. 91-176; s. 105, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 131, ch. 94-119; s. 63, ch. 95-144; s. 357, ch. 97-103.

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Amendments to 474.213


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 474.213
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S474.213 1a - HEALTH-SAFETY - PRACTICE VETERINARIAN MEDICINE WO LICENSE - F: T
S474.213 1b - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE TITLE VETERINARIAN WO LICENSE - F: T
S474.213 1c - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE ANOTHERS VETERINARIAN LICENSE - F: T
S474.213 1d - PASS FORGED - EVIDENCE OBT VETERINARIAN LIC - F: T
S474.213 1d - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN VETERINARIAN LICENSE - F: T
S474.213 1e - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - USE SUSPENDED REVOKED VETERINARIAN LICENSE - F: T
S474.213 1f - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - EMPLOY UNLICENSED VETERINARIAN - F: T
S474.213 1g - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - CONCEAL INFORMATION RE VETERINARIAN LIC VIOL - F: T
S474.213 1h - FRAUD - OBTAIN VETERINARIAN LICENSE BY - F: T
S474.213 1i - HEALTH-SAFETY - PRACTICE VETERINARIAN MEDICINE WITHOUT LICENSE - F: T
S474.213 1j - FRAUD - SELL OR OBTAIN WIT SELL VETERINARIAN DIPLOMA - F: T
S474.213 1k - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - OPERATE VETERINARY BUSINESS WO PERMIT - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. AVELLA,, 275 So. 3d 207 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Section 474.213(1)(i), Florida Statutes (2018), forbids a . . .