§ 6705. Exempt persons. The following persons under the following\nlimitations may practice veterinary medicine within the state without a\nlicense:\n 1. Any commissioned veterinary medical officer serving in the United\nStates armed forces or in the United States Agricultural Research\nService while so commissioned, provided such practice is limited to such\nservice;\n 2. Any person rendering gratuitous services in cases of emergency;\n 3. Any veterinarian who is licensed in another state or country and\nwho is meeting a veterinarian licensed in this state for purposes of\nconsultation provided such practice is limited to such consultation;\n 4. Any veterinarian who is licensed in a bordering state and who\nresides near a border of this state, provided such practice is limited\nin this state to the vicinity of such border and provided such\nveterinarian does not maintain an office or place to meet patients or\nreceive calls within this state;\n 5. Any intern or resident who practices veterinary medicine in any\ncollege in this state offering a program in veterinary medicine\nregistered by the department, and who is a graduate of a school of\nveterinary medicine accredited in any state or country, provided such\npractice is limited to such duties as intern or resident and is under\nthe supervision of a licensed or otherwise authorized veterinarian.\n 6. Any faculty member who is a graduate of a school of veterinary\nmedicine accredited in any state or country and whose practice of\nveterinary medicine is incidental to his or her course of instruction\nwhile serving as a faculty member in a veterinary college offering a\nprogram registered by the department;\n 7. Any student who engages in clinical practice under supervision of a\nlicensed or otherwise authorized veterinarian in a school of veterinary\nmedicine in this state registered by the department.\n 8. Any dentist duly licensed in this state who provides dental care to\nan animal at the request and under the immediate personal supervision of\na licensed veterinarian.\n 9. Any student enrolled and in good standing in a school of veterinary\nmedicine approved by the commissioner, who practices under the general\nsupervision of a veterinarian licensed and registered under this\narticle; provided however, that only such students who have completed at\nleast two and one-half years in an approved veterinary program and\ncompleted all core didactic training may assist in diagnosis, treatment\nand surgery in such practice, subject to the following requirements: (a)\nassisting in diagnosis and surgery be under the immediate personal\nsupervision of such veterinarian; (b) assisting in treatment be under\nthe direct supervision of such veterinarian; and (c) only one such\nstudent shall be supervised, as specified in clauses (a) and (b) of this\nsubdivision, by one such veterinarian.\n 10. Any employee of a not-for-profit pound, shelter, duly incorporated\nsociety for the prevention of cruelty to animals, humane society or dog\nor cat protective association may insert a microchip for the purposes of\nidentification of any animal being held for adoption by such\norganization.\n 11. A veterinary graduate of an approved program engaging in clinical\npractice under the supervision, but not necessarily direct personal\nsupervision, of a licensed veterinarian, provided the graduate has\npassed the required state licensing examination and applied and paid a\nfee for the licensing. This exemption shall not extend beyond sixty days\nafter graduation.\n 12. A physician duly licensed to practice medicine in this state, who\nis board certified in an area of human medicine equivalent to the\nrequired veterinary specialty in cases in which a veterinary specialist\nin the area of medicine required for such animal's care does not exist,\nis not available, or cannot be procured in a timely fashion, who\nprovides medical care to a gibbon or siamang (Hylobatidae, Hylobates\nsp.), orangutan
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