Legal Issues
Courtrooms and Exam Rooms
As legislators in three states ponder awarding non-economic damages to pet owners, the veterinary profession needs to get to the bottom of what is troubling nurses.
Veterinary Education
Let’s Get to Work
What does the pet health care industry want to do about acute shortages of veterinarians and nurses?
Government/Regulations
Duty bound
Many states have implemented specific requirements for safe handling, recordkeeping, abuse prevention and awareness continuing education as a result of the opioid crisis.
Government/Regulations
The winds of change
As 2019 approaches, several critical matters — from the Fairness to Pet Owners Act to opioid abuse to telemedicine — remain unresolved.
Innovation/Technology
The state of the VCPR
Veterinarians are not required to report to their state veterinary medical board when they’ve established a VCPR with a particular animal owner.
Government/Regulations
Of Nurses and Unions
Key questions in both initiatives are whether clinic morale and teamwork would be affected positively or negatively.
Veterinary Industry
PetsPAC packs a political punch
A PAC has never represented companion animal interests in the states, despite thousands of bills of interest being introduced every year in legislatures around the United States.
Veterinary Industry
The Looming Dog Shortage
The United States needs approximately 8.1 million dogs a year to meet current demand.