Agenda Items and Meeting Materials

NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE MEETING

May 24, 2023

Board Members
Christina Bradbury, DVM, President
Maria Preciosa S. Solacito, DVM, Vice President
Kathy Bowler
Barrie Grant, DVM
Jennifer Loredo, RVT
Jaymie Noland, DVM
Dianne Prado
Maria Salazar Sperber

Student Liaisons
Holly Masterson, University of California, Davis
Alexandra Ponkey, Western University of Health Sciences

Due to potential technical difficulties, please consider submitting written comments by May 19, 2023, to VMB@dca.ca.gov for consideration.

Members of the public may, but are not obligated to, provide their names or personal information as a condition of observing or participating in the meeting. When signing into the WebEx platform, participants may be asked for their name and email address. Participants who choose not to provide their names will need to provide a unique identifier such as their initials or another alternative, so that the meeting moderator can identify individuals who wish to make public comment; participants who choose not to provide their email address may utilize a fictitious email address like in the following sample format: XXXXX@mailinator.com.

AGENDA

9:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 24, 2023

1. Call to Order/Roll Call/Establishment of a Quorum
2. Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda
   Note: The Board may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section, except to decide whether to place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting. (Government Code sections 11125, 1125.7(a).)
3. Interviews, Discussion, and Possible Appointment to Fill Vacant Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (MDC) Veterinarian Member Position
4. Discussion and Possible Action on American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) Call for Nominations
5. Update, Discussion, and Possible Action on 2023 Legislation Impacting the Board, DCA, and/or the Veterinary Profession
   1. Priority Legislation for Board Consideration
      1. Assembly Bill 1399 (Friedman, 2023) Veterinary medicine: veterinarian-client-patient relationship: telehealth
      2. Senate Bill (SB) 372 (Menjivar, 2023) Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes
      3. SB 373 (Menjivar, 2023) Board of Behavioral Sciences, Board of Psychology, and Medical Board of California: licensees’ and registrants’ addresses
      4. SB 669 (Cortese, 2023) Veterinarians: veterinarian-client-patient relationship
6. Adjournment

This agenda can be found on the Veterinary Medical Board website at www.vmb.ca.gov. The time and order of agenda items are subject to change at the discretion of the Board President and may be taken out of order. Items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate the effective transaction of business. In accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, all meetings of the Board are open to the public.

In accordance with Government Code section 11133(b)(2)(A), the teleconference locations from which Board members may participate in the meeting may not be identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting.

This meeting will be webcast, provided there are no unforeseen technical difficulties or limitations. To view the webcast, please visit thedcapage.wordpress.com/webcasts/. The meeting will not be cancelled if webcast is not available.

Government Code section 11125.7 provides the opportunity for the public to address each agenda item during discussion or consideration by the Committee prior to the Committee taking any action on said item. Members of the public will be provided appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Committee, but the Committee Chair may, at his or her discretion, apportion available time among those who wish to speak. Individuals may appear before the Committee to discuss items not on the agenda; however, the Committee can neither discuss nor take official action on these items at the time of the same meeting (Government Code sections 11125, 11125.7(a)).

The meeting location is accessible to the physical disabled. This meeting also is being held via WebEx Events and is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs disability-related accommodations or modifications to participate in the meeting may make a request by contacting the Board at (916) 515-5220, email: vmb@dca.ca.gov, or send a written request to the Veterinary Medical Board, 1747 N. Market St., Suite 230, Sacramento, CA 95834. Providing your request at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting will help ensure availability of the requested accommodations. TDD Line: (916) 326-2297