CALIFORNIA VETERINARY MEDICAL BOARD
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
NOTICE OF MEETING
10:00 a.m., October 14, 2025

The Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (Committee) of the California Veterinary Medical Board (Board) will meet in accordance with Government Code section 11122.5, subdivision (a), at

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

This meeting also will be held via WebEx Events for public participation. 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=m9b69cd973959510f9a2006c0a8c64f41

Event number: 2485 497 4053

Event password: CVMB1014

Due to potential technical difficulties, please consider submitting written comments by October 7, 2025, 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 July 15, 2025 Committee Meeting Minutes
4. Committee Chair Report – Marie Ussery, RVT
5. Presentation Regarding Mobile Animal Sterilization Hospital (MASH) Clinics – Emma Clifford, Founder/Director, Animal Balance, Dina Allison, DVM, Medical Director, Animal Balance and Bruce Wagman, Esq., San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SF SPCA)
6. Update, Discussion, and Possible Action on Recommendations from the Unlicensed Practice Subcommittee – Mark Nunez, DVM, and Maria Preciosa S. Solacito, DVM
   1. Legislative Proposal to Amend Business and Professions Code (BPC) 4827 Regarding Veterinary Medicine Practice Exemptions
   2. Animal Shelter Community Challenges Related to Licensure and/or Practice Requirements
7. Update, Discussion, and Possible Action on Recommendations from the Veterinary Practice Subcommittee – Richard Sullivan, DVM, and Marie Ussery, RVT
   1. MASH Clinics and Minimum Standards for Alternate Veterinary Premises Rulemaking
   2. Challenges Related to Licensee Manager Requirements
   3. Condition Specific Veterinarian–Client–Patient Relationship
8. Update and Discussion from the Enforcement Subcommittee – Jeni Goedken, DVM, and Cheryl Waterhouse, DVM
   1. Consultant and Subject Matter Expert (SME) Roundtables
   2. Post–Discipline SME Reviews and Feedback
   3. Inspection Checklists
9. Update and Discussion from the Outreach Subcommittee – Kathy Bowler and Cheryl Waterhouse, DVM
   1. Spectrum of Care Presentation to the Central California Veterinary Medical Association (CCVMA)
10. Future Agenda Items and Meeting Dates
11. Election of 2026 Committee Officers
12. Adjournment

Information regarding the meeting is available by contacting Justin Sotelo at (916) 515–5220 or sending a written request to the California Veterinary Medical Board, 1747 N. Market Blvd., Suite 230, Sacramento, CA 95834. This agenda can be found on the California 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.

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 their 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 for public participation. The meeting location 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 or sending a written request to the California Veterinary Medical Board, 1747 N. Market Blvd., 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.