N.Y. Education Law § 6713: Special provisions

§ 6713. Special provisions. 1. An unlicensed person may provide

supportive services to a veterinarian, including but not limited to

administering oral or topical medications, incidental to and/or

concurrent with such veterinarian personally performing a service or

procedure, provided such supportive services do not require a knowledge

of veterinary science.

2. A certified emergency medical technician may perform endotracheal

intubation on an animal under the immediate personal supervision of a

licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician acting under

the direct supervision of a veterinarian, in lieu of the licensed

veterinarian personally performing the procedure, provided:

a. the emergency medical technician is enrolled in a course in

advanced emergency medical technology approved under article thirty of

the public health law in which pediatric endotracheal intubation

training is included;

b. the procedure is performed as part of pediatric endotracheal

intubation training in that course, after didactic and manikin training

in human intubation, and instruction in animal anatomy and the proper

method of animal intubation have been received;

c. the procedure is medically indicated as part of treating or

operating for any non-emergency disease, pain, injury, deformity, or

physical condition of the animal;

d. the procedure is performed only when the animal is properly sedated

or anesthetized;

e. the procedure is performed no more than once per animal by no more

than one certified emergency medical technician;

f. the animal owner, or where such owner is unknown, the person having

lawful charge or custody of the animal, consents in writing to the

performance of the procedure by a person meeting the qualifications of

this subdivision; and

g. records kept by the commissioner of health on courses in advanced

emergency medical technology meeting the requirements of this

subdivision indicate whether pediatric endotracheal intubation training

conducted in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision was part

of a course in advanced emergency medical technology; provided, however,

that this subdivision shall not be construed to require endotracheal

intubation on animals, and the commissioner of health shall have

discretion to determine whether endotracheal intubation training on

animals shall be required for accreditation of such courses or for

certification of advanced emergency medical technicians.