Public Comment Open for Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine Ethics Amendment

December 8, 2021 — 

ARC 6058C is an amended notice of intended action from the Board of Veterinary Medicine (IBVM) addressing the principles of veterinary medical ethics. [Source: IVMA 8 December 2021]

As per the consensus of the IVMA leadership, the IVMA has provided a formal letter of support but you may, as an individual, provide comments to the IBVM also.

This proposed rule has been a project which the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine has sought the IVMA and our legal counsel's input since April of 2020.

The changes include:

• Revision of a few of the ethics rules so that they are more consistent with the language that is contained in Iowa Code chapter 169 and the Board's rules for discipline;
• Addition of client and client's premises to the prohibition on publicizing photographs of patients without permission; and
• Reorganization of some of the more subjective ethics principles into a new subrule, which clarifies that they are recommended practices rather than mandatory practices.

The deadline for public comments is 4:30 pm on December 31 and may be sent to:

Colin Tadlock
IDALS
502 E 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
colin.tadlock@iowaagriculture.gov