Section 4830.8 - Report of injury at rodeo(a) An attending or on-call veterinarian at a rodeo event shall, pursuant to Section 596.7 of the Penal Code, report to the board any animal injury at the event requiring veterinary treatment within 48 hours of the conclusion of the rodeo.(b) A veterinarian, other than a veterinarian identified in subdivision (a), shall report to the board within seven days of rendering treatment to an animal for an injury that the veterinarian knows occurred at a rodeo event.(c) A report submitted pursuant to this section shall include the title, location, and date of the rodeo event, the name of the attending veterinarian at the event, the name of the reporting veterinarian, the type of animal, and a brief description of the injury suffered by the animal. The board shall post a form on its Internet Web site to be used by veterinarians for purposes of submitting this report.(d) For purposes of this section, "rodeo" has the same meaning set forth in Section 596.7 of the Penal Code.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 4830.8
Added by Stats 2010 ch 538 (AB 1980),s 10, eff. 1/1/2011.