Certification of veterinary euthanasia technicians; restrictions.
No person may euthanize an animal without first obtaining certification by the Board of Veterinary Medicine as a veterinary euthanasia technician. A person certified as a veterinary euthanasia technician shall not provide veterinary euthanasia services except while under the general supervision of a veterinarian licensed in the District. A certified veterinary euthanasia technician shall only provide services related to the humane euthanasia of an animal as prescribed by the Mayor through rulemaking. A person certified as a veterinary euthanasia technician shall not receive compensation for performing veterinary euthanasia technician services, except that a certified veterinary euthanasia technician may receive a salary or other compensation paid by an employing veterinarian, veterinary facility, humane society, animal shelter, animal control facility, or wildlife rehabilitation facility.
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Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 864 as added Mar. 26, 2014, D.C. Law 20-96, § 102(q), 61 DCR 1184 The 2014 amendment by D.C. Law 20-96 added this section.
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