H. B. 4699
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss)
[Introduced February 22, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-10A-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring the Board of
Veterinary Medicine to offer, at least every six months, the
examinations that an animal euthanasia technician must pass to
become certified.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-10A-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10A. ANIMAL EUTHANASIA TECHNICIANS.
§30-10A-3. Certified animal euthanasia technicians program;
application for certification; and written and
practical skills examinations.
(a) The board shall sponsor a certified animal euthanasia
technicians program. The board shall design this program to teach
applicants for certification record keeping and the legal, safety and practical information needed to become a certified animal
euthanasia technician.
(b) (1) The board shall administer a written examination to an
applicant for certification. The written examination shall test
the applicant's knowledge of the following:
(A) Animal restraint;
(B) Drug enforcement agency regulations;
(C) Record-keeping requirements for controlled substances;
(D) Handling, inventory and secure and proper storage of
euthanasia drugs and solutions;
(E) The certification process;
(F) Legal requirements;
(G) Stress management;
(H) Sodium pentobarbital usage; and
(I) Other subject areas specified by the board in a
legislative rule.
(2) The applicant shall pass the written examination with a
minimum correct score as determined by the board by legislative
rule in order to be eligible to take the practical skills
examination provided for in subsection (d) of this section.
(c) In addition to the written examination provided for under
subsection (b) of this section, the board shall administer a
practical skills examination to an applicant who has successfully
passed the written examination. The board shall conduct the examination in a manner that tests an applicant's ability to
properly restrain an animal, measure a correct dosage of euthanasia
solution, locate an injection site and perform an injection. In
order to pass the practical skills examination, an applicant shall
exhibit to the board that he or she can locate an injection site
and perform an injection and also perform euthanasia correctly and
humanely.
(d) An applicant who successfully passes the written
examination and the practical skills examination required by this
section shall sign a form authorizing the board to make inquiries
through the United States Department of Justice, or any other legal
jurisdiction or entity, for the purposes of determining the
character and reputation of the applicant and other matters
relating to the certification of the applicant.
(e) The board shall offer the examinations required by this
section at least every six months.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Board of
Veterinary Medicine to offer, at least every six months, the
examinations that an animal euthanasia technician must pass to
become certified.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.