| (a) A nonprofit or municipal corporation may employ
or contract with a veterinarian to provide veterinary services in
connection with sheltering, sterilization, vaccination, or other medical
care and treatment of animals.
(b) Employment by or contractual service to a nonprofit
or municipal corporation does not exempt the veterinarian from any
of the provisions of the Veterinary Licensing Act or the Board's rules.
(c) Veterinarians employed by, or contracted to, nonprofit
or municipal corporations shall be liable for any violations of the
Act or rules occurring as a result of the practice of veterinary medicine
or any veterinary services provided by the nonprofit or municipal
corporation, including those occurring due to the acts or omissions
of non-licensed employees of, or volunteers for, the nonprofit or
municipal corporation.
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