Senate Okays Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act

Mobile veterinarians are one step closer to better protection from federal drug prosecution.
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Veterinarians who make farm calls to treat equids are one step closer to better protection from federal drug prosecution after the U.S. Senate passed a bill to amend the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

Passed by Congress in 1970, the CSA is intended to prevent the unauthorized manufacture, sale, and transport of drugs likely to be abused. Under current law, veterinarians who carry drugs to farm calls or in mobile veterinary units could be found in violation of the act.

Introduced last year by senators Angus King of Maine and Jerry Moran of Kansas, S 1171, or the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act, would amend the CSA to allow licensed veterinarians who operate mobile clinics, respond to emergency situations, or who otherwise treat horses on farms and elsewhere, to lawfully transport and dispense controlled substances to treatment sites. Similar legislation, HR 1528, sponsored by Reps. Kurt Schrader and Ted Yoho remains pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.

On Jan. 8, the U.S. Senate passed S 1171 by a unanimous vote

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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