n. Just as there are RNs in the human medical field, there are Animal Health technicians in veterinary medicine.
State Boards usually set minimum standards and have inter-state reciprocity, as well as accrediting schools will have to pass a strict licensing exam. There are also a number of procedures for reporting cruelty or mistreatment of animals by the public as well as vets, as well as possible ethical violations by AHTs or veterinarians.
"The definition of the term 'animal' is paramount in animal law" (p. 72). Some laws include everything except a human being, others use only warm-blooded creatures, others limit the definition to vertebrates, and still others encompass all living creatures. Ownership rights vary between wild and domestic animals. These ownership laws are set to determine whether there are damages due for injuries suffered by such "owned" animals. Domestic animals now have a sub-category called "pets". Animals may be considered property, and often require a license by the state or the municipality
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