Agenda Items and Meeting Materials

NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE MEETING

July 19-20, 2023

Action may be taken on any item listed on the agenda.

Board Members
Christina Bradbury, DVM, President
Maria Preciosa S. Solacito, DVM, Vice President
Barrie Grant, DVM
Jaymie Noland, DVM
Kristi Pawlowski, RVT
Dianne Prado
Maria Salazar Sperber

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

The Veterinary Medical Board (Board) will meet by teleconference at

10:15 a.m., on Wednesday, July 19, and 10:15 a.m., on Thursday, July 20, 2023,

with the following locations available for Board and public member participation:
Department of Consumer Affairs
1747 N. Market Blvd., Hearing Room
Sacramento, CA 95834

Mission Viejo Public Library
Bill Price Conference Center
100 Civic Center
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Cal Poly State University
1 Grand Ave.
Building 57A, Veterinary Hospital Annex
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
This meeting will be held via WebEx Events. Instructions to connect to the meeting can be found at: https://vmb.ca.gov/meetings/agendas/joinwebex.pdf.
To participate virtually in the WebEx Events meeting on July 19, 2023, please log on to this website the day of the meeting:
https://dca-meetings.webex.com/dca-meetings/j.php?MTID=m373dfc9afbe851e0145b20122b443bc5
Event number: 2496 202 8278
Event password: VMB07192023

To participate virtually in the WebEx Events meeting on July 20, 2023, please log on to this website the day of the meeting:
https://dca-meetings.webex.com/dca-meetings/j.php?MTID=mf065ef067bf3b2e6fd0848ce35e75aed
Event number: 2484 051 9157
Event password: VMB07202023
Due to potential technical difficulties, please consider submitting written comments by July 14, 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
10:15 a.m., Wednesday, July 19, 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, 11125.7(a).)

  3. Review and Approval of Board Meeting Minutes

    1. April 19-20, 2023

    2. May 24, 2023

  4. Report and Update from Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)

  5. Update, Discussion, and Possible Action on National Association Involvement

    1. American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) Overview -– Mark Nunez, DVM

    2. AAVSB’s New Model Regulations – Beth Venit, VMD, MPH, DACVPM, AAVSB and Richard Sullivan, DVM

      1. Establishment and Maintenance of a Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship

      2. Telehealth and the Virtual Practice of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Technology

      3. Safe Haven Program

    3. International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA) – Kathy Bowler, ICVA President

    4. AAVSB’s Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE) Policy Regarding Eligibility Requirements – Jessica Sieferman, Executive Officer

  6. Update and Discussion on Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (MDC) Report – Leah Shufelt, RVT, Chair, MDC

  7. 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 Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 86 (Kalra, 2023) Animals: overpopulation: spay and neutering services

      2. Assembly Bill (AB) 814 (Lowenthal, 2023) Veterinary medicine: animal physical rehabilitation

      3. AB  1399 (Friedman, 2023) Veterinary medicine: veterinarian-client-patient relationship: telehealth

      4. Senate Bill (SB) 372 (Menjivar, 2023) Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes

      5. SB 373 (Menjivar, 2023) Board of Behavioral Sciences, Board of Psychology, and Veterinary Medical Board: licensees’ and registrants’ addresses

      6. SB 544 (Laird, 2023) Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing

      7. SB 669 (Cortese, 2023) Veterinarians: veterinarian-client-patient relationship

      8. SB 887 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, 2023) Consumer affairs

    2. Other Board-Monitored Legislation

      1. AB 883 (Mathis, 2023) Business licenses: United States Department of Defense SkillBridge program

      2. AB 996 (Low, 2023) Department of Consumer Affairs: continuing education: conflict- of-interest policy

      3. AB 1237 (Petrie-Norris, 2023) Student financial aid: California Public Interest Veterinary Debt Relief Program

      4. SB 259 (Seyarto, 2023) Reports submitted to legislative committees

      5. SB 279 (Niello, 2023) Administrative regulations: public participation: comment process


  8. Update, Discussion, and Possible Action on Pending Regulations

    1. Status on Pending Regulations

  9. Student Liaison Reports

    1. University of California, Davis Liaison – Holly Masterson

    2. Western University of Health Sciences Liaison – Alexandra Ponkey

  10. Board President Report – Christina Bradbury, DVM

  11. Registered Veterinary Technician Report – Kristi Pawlowski, RVT

  12. Recess until July 20, at 10:15 a.m.

    10:15 a.m., Thursday, July 20, 2023

  13. Reconvene - Establishment of a Quorum

  14. Overview of the Strategic Planning Process – Trisha St. Clair, SOLID Planning Solutions

  15. Executive Management Reports

    1. Administration

    2. Examination/Licensing

    3. Enforcement

    4. Outreach

    5. Strategic Plan


  16. Future Agenda Items and Next Meeting Dates

  17. Recess Open Session

    CLOSED SESSION

  18. Convene Closed Session

  19. Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(e)(1) and (2)(A), the Board Will Meet in Closed Session to Confer and Receive Advice From Legal Counsel Regarding the Following Matter: San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, et al. v. Jessica Sieferman, United States District Court, Case No. 2:21-cv-00786-TLN-KJN

  20. Pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(3), the Board Will Meet in Closed Session to Deliberate and Vote on Disciplinary Matters, Including Stipulations and Proposed Decisions

  21. Adjourn Closed Session

    RECONVENE OPEN SESSION

  22. Reconvene Open Session

  23. Adjournment – Meeting adjournment may not be webcast if it is the only item that occurs after Closed Session.


Information regarding the meeting is available 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. 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.


The 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. Meeting adjournment may not be webcast if it is the only item that occurs after a closed session.

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


This meeting is being held via teleconference through WebEx Events. The meeting locations are accessible to the physical 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