Agenda Items and Meeting Materials

MULTIDISCIPLINARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE MEETING

10:00 a.m., April 16, 2024

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

Committee Members:
Participating in Person:
Richard Sullivan, DVM, Chair
Marie Ussery, RVT, Vice Chair
Kathy Bowler
Barrie Grant, DVM
Kristi Pawlowski, RVT
Cheryl Waterhouse, DVM

Participating Remotely:
Kevin Lazarcheff, DVM
Dianne Sequoia, DVM
Leah Shufelt, RVT

The Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (Committee) of the Veterinary Medical Board (Board) will meet by teleconference in accordance with Government Code section 11123.5 at

10:00 a.m., on April 16, 2024

with the following location available for Committee and public member participation:

Department of Consumer Affairs
1625 North Market Boulevard, Hearing Room
Sacramento, CA 95834

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 in the WebEx Events meeting, please log on to this website the day of the meeting:

https://dca-meetings.webex.com/dca-meetings/j.php?MTID=m425da63ef7ffc38c0758f369cf07f238

Event number: 2484 022 5066

Event password: VMB416

Due to potential technical difficulties, please consider submitting written comments by April 10, 2024, 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

  1. Call to Order/ Roll Call/ Establishment of a Quorum
  2. Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda
    Note: The Committee 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 and 11125.7(a).)
  3. Review and Approval of January 16, 2024 Committee Meeting Minutes
  4. Update, Discussion, and Potential Recommendation on Previously Approved Text to Amend California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 16, Sections 2030, 2030.05, 2030.1, 2030.2, and 2030.3 (Minimum Standards for Alternate Veterinary Premises) - Richard Sullivan, DVM, and Marie Ussery, RVT
  5. Discussion and Potential Recommendation on Proposal to Initiate a Rulemaking to Amend CCR, Title 24, Section 1251 (Veterinary Facilities) - Richard Sullivan, DVM, and Marie Ussery, RVT
  6. Update, Discussion, and Potential Recommendations on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Kristi Pawlowski, RVT, and Cheryl Waterhouse, DVM
    1. Senate Bill (SB) 669 (Cortese, Chapter 882, Statutes of 2023) Hypothetical Scenarios
  7. Update and Discussion from the Complaint Audit Subcommittee - Dianne Sequoia, DVM, and Cheryl Waterhouse, DVM
  8. Future Agenda Items and Meeting Dates
  9. Adjournment

Information regarding the meeting is available by contacting Jeff Olguin at (916) 515-5220, email: vmb@dca.ca.gov, or sending 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 Committee Chair and may be taken out of order. In accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, all meetings of the Committee are open to the public.

In accordance with Government Code section 11133(b)(2)(A), the teleconference locations from which Committee 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)).

This meeting is being held in person and via WebEx Events. The meeting 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 Committee at (916) 515-5220, email: vmb@dca.ca.gov, or sending 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.