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<blockquote data-quote="Vicky the vet" data-source="post: 425781" data-attributes="member: 1026"><p>For me it is not liability. There is a prohibition from my provincial licencing body, called the CVO, which prohibits dispensing medication without a valid client/vet relationship. I will literally lose my licence to practice and pay a hefty fine if I am caught dispensing prescription medicines without having examined the animal within a set period. For ongoing meds, it's within a year. For acute meds, I need to examine for that problem prior to dispensing. If it is an ongoing barn cat situation where I have been to the farm/barn or have examined one cat, I could stretch it and dispense for the cats in the barn...but I have to have seen this problem in this group of animals within the past year to dispense, or risk not having my licence. </p><p></p><p>I have fantastic clients. I trust them, and know that they would not ask for meds that aren't needed, but I still need to see the animal prior to treatment. Frankly, it's not worth it to me to pay a few hundred bucks to a lawyer for some waiver so that I can send home meds as you ask, because I can still lose the licence, and I suspect that it is the same in every state. </p><p></p><p>In Ontario, it is expected of every vet that if presented with an animal in distress, that we either stabilize it up to $100 or euthanize it, whether owned or not. The humane society will reimburse us if required to that amount. Perhaps it's not the vet but the humane society which should have that program available in your area.</p><p></p><p>I am not saying that all vets are infallible, but we're sure not all money grubbing morons, as presented here.</p><p></p><p>See, still two sides to every issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vicky the vet, post: 425781, member: 1026"] For me it is not liability. There is a prohibition from my provincial licencing body, called the CVO, which prohibits dispensing medication without a valid client/vet relationship. I will literally lose my licence to practice and pay a hefty fine if I am caught dispensing prescription medicines without having examined the animal within a set period. For ongoing meds, it's within a year. For acute meds, I need to examine for that problem prior to dispensing. If it is an ongoing barn cat situation where I have been to the farm/barn or have examined one cat, I could stretch it and dispense for the cats in the barn...but I have to have seen this problem in this group of animals within the past year to dispense, or risk not having my licence. I have fantastic clients. I trust them, and know that they would not ask for meds that aren't needed, but I still need to see the animal prior to treatment. Frankly, it's not worth it to me to pay a few hundred bucks to a lawyer for some waiver so that I can send home meds as you ask, because I can still lose the licence, and I suspect that it is the same in every state. In Ontario, it is expected of every vet that if presented with an animal in distress, that we either stabilize it up to $100 or euthanize it, whether owned or not. The humane society will reimburse us if required to that amount. Perhaps it's not the vet but the humane society which should have that program available in your area. I am not saying that all vets are infallible, but we're sure not all money grubbing morons, as presented here. See, still two sides to every issue. [/QUOTE]
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