{"id":875,"date":"2023-10-17T01:02:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T01:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2023-10-17T01:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T01:02:34","slug":"governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexandra Harten<\/h3>\n

Governor Newsom signed AB 1399 (Friedman)<\/a> on October 8, 2023<\/a> (Chapter 475, Statutes of 2023), despite opposition from the California Veterinary Medical Board. The bill allows the formation of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship through remote methods, relaxing veterinary telemedicine requirements so that new patients may receive remote care without first attending an in-person visit. Existing law requires all veterinary premises to be registered with the Board. This bill would exempt from registration a location where a veterinarian practices telehealth if specified conditions are met, including, among other things, that the veterinarian does not perform any in-person examination or treatment of animal patients at that location, et al.<\/p>\n

At its April 20, 2023, meeting<\/a>, the Board voted to oppose AB 1399. Further, the Board authorized its Executive Officer to contact the author of the bill, Assemblymember Laura Friedman, and stakeholders to express the Board\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n

According to the author, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act has \u201cunreasonably prohibited veterinarians from giving simple advice and direction to pet owners . . . .\u201d On April 24, 2023, VMB notified<\/a> the author of its opposition to AB 1399 and enumerated its concerns, stating that \u201celiminating the initial in-person physical examination may lead to incorrect or delayed diagnoses and treatment, which could cause harm or serious injury to the animal patient.\u201d The Board also expressed concerns that if AB 1399 is enacted, \u201cconsumers would likely assume that a telemedicine video physical exam is equivalent to an in-person exam, when, in fact, they are not.\u201d It also contended that \u201cAB 1399 would allow a veterinarian to create a veterinarian-client-patient relationship by using real-time video communication, without requiring the veterinarian to perform an in-person examination throughout a patient\u2019s entire lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

On July 10, 2023, VMB\u2019s Executive Officer testified before the Senate Committee on Business, Professions, and Economic Development to express the Board\u2019s concerns. After testimony, the author addressed some of the Board\u2019s concerns with amendments. However, the author did not accept the 14-day limitation to prescriptions without an in-person examination. In addition, the Executive Officer expressed concern that the bill is too broad and does not authorize the Board to limit telemedicine practice.<\/p>\n

At its July 19, 2023, meeting<\/a>, VMB staff updated the Board on the status of the bill and its negotiations with the author. After discussion, the Board maintained its \u201cOppose, Unless Amended\u201d position.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Alexandra Harten Governor Newsom signed AB 1399 (Friedman) on October 8, 2023 (Chapter 475, Statutes of 2023), despite opposition from the California Veterinary Medical Board. The bill allows the formation of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship through remote methods, relaxing veterinary Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[138172,133052,133026,132924],"coauthors":[132864],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-ab1399","tag-license","tag-telehealth","tag-veterinary"],"yoast_head":"\nGovernor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Alexandra Harten Governor Newsom signed AB 1399 (Friedman) on October 8, 2023 (Chapter 475, Statutes of 2023), despite opposition from the California Veterinary Medical Board. The bill allows the formation of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship through remote methods, relaxing veterinary Continue reading →\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-17T01:02:34+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Gonzalez\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Gonzalez\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katie Gonzalez\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc87a266320b80c7a790bdc2a17df69\"},\"headline\":\"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-17T01:02:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\"},\"wordCount\":386,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"AB1399\",\"license\",\"telehealth\",\"veterinary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\",\"name\":\"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-17T01:02:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc87a266320b80c7a790bdc2a17df69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/\",\"name\":\"Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\",\"description\":\"We work to protect and advance a reality where every citizen is protected by a government that is ethical, accountable, and transparent.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc87a266320b80c7a790bdc2a17df69\",\"name\":\"Katie Gonzalez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/367bf8ae36ed938af8637f2b96d85412?s=96&r=g&d=mmc97f81d333fa3b469936c6ead32ef1d5\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/367bf8ae36ed938af8637f2b96d85412?s=96&r=g&d=mm\",\"contentUrl\":\"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/367bf8ae36ed938af8637f2b96d85412?s=96&r=g&d=mm\",\"caption\":\"Katie Gonzalez\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/author\/katie-gonzalez_gonzalez\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog","og_description":"By Alexandra Harten Governor Newsom signed AB 1399 (Friedman) on October 8, 2023 (Chapter 475, Statutes of 2023), despite opposition from the California Veterinary Medical Board. The bill allows the formation of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship through remote methods, relaxing veterinary Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/","og_site_name":"Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog","article_published_time":"2023-10-17T01:02:34+00:00","author":"Katie Gonzalez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katie Gonzalez","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/"},"author":{"name":"Katie Gonzalez","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc87a266320b80c7a790bdc2a17df69"},"headline":"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board","datePublished":"2023-10-17T01:02:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/"},"wordCount":386,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["AB1399","license","telehealth","veterinary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/","name":"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-17T01:02:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc87a266320b80c7a790bdc2a17df69"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/10\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-ab-1399-friedman-despite-opposition-from-veterinary-medical-board\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Governor Newsom Signs AB 1399 (Friedman), Despite Opposition from Veterinary Medical Board"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/","name":"Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog","description":"We work to protect and advance a reality where every citizen is protected by a government that is ethical, accountable, and transparent.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc87a266320b80c7a790bdc2a17df69","name":"Katie Gonzalez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/367bf8ae36ed938af8637f2b96d85412?s=96&r=g&d=mmc97f81d333fa3b469936c6ead32ef1d5","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/367bf8ae36ed938af8637f2b96d85412?s=96&r=g&d=mm","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/367bf8ae36ed938af8637f2b96d85412?s=96&r=g&d=mm","caption":"Katie Gonzalez"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/author\/katie-gonzalez_gonzalez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}