General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5137
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 422
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MONITORING OF THE DISPENSING AND
ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOID DRUGS BY VETERINARIANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That title 20 of the general statutes be amended to require the
2 Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine to promulgate regulations to
3 limit, monitor and track the dispensing and administration of opioid
4 drugs by veterinarians for pets.
Statement of Purpose:
To limit, monitor and track the dispensing and administration of opioid
drugs by veterinarians.
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