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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2391
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2391 as follows:
3 on page 6, line 9, by replacing "sedation" with "restraint";
4 and
5 on page 8, line 10, by deleting "the Humane Society of
6 Illinois,"; and
7 on page 8, line 11, by replacing "United States Humane
8 Society" with "Humane Society of the United States"; and
9 on page 24, after line 14, by inserting the following:
10 "Section 75. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
11 Practice Act of 1994 is amended by changing Section 4 as
12 follows:
13 (225 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 7004)
14 Sec. 4. Exemptions. Nothing in this Act shall apply to
15 any of the following:
16 (1) Veterinarians employed by the Federal Government
17 while actually engaged in their official duties.
18 (2) Licensed veterinarians from other states who are
19 invited to Illinois for consultation or lecturing.
20 (3) Veterinarians employed by colleges or universities
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1 or by state agencies, while engaged in the performance of
2 their official duties.
3 (4) Veterinary students in an approved college,
4 university, department of a university or other institution
5 of veterinary medicine and surgery while in the performance
6 of duties assigned by their instructors.
7 (5) Any person engaged in bona fide scientific research
8 which requires the use of animals.
9 (6) The dehorning, castration, emasculation or docking
10 of cattle, horses, sheep, goats and swine in the course or
11 exchange of work for which no monetary compensation is paid
12 or to artificial insemination and the drawing of semen. Nor
13 shall this Act be construed to prohibit any person from
14 administering, in a humane manner, medicinal or surgical
15 treatment to any animal belonging to such person, unless
16 title has been transferred for the purpose of circumventing
17 this Act. However, any such services shall comply with the
18 Humane Care for Animals Act.
19 (7) Members of other licensed professions or any other
20 individuals when called for consultation and assistance by a
21 veterinarian licensed in the State of Illinois and who act
22 under the supervision, direction, and control of the
23 veterinarian, as further defined by rule of the Department.
24 (8) Certified euthanasia technicians.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-52, eff. 7-3-97.)".