Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-698.30: Nonveterinary equine dental care provider

certification.

A. The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall

annually certify any practitioner of teeth floating, known as a

nonveterinary equine dental care provider and as defined by

paragraph 25 of Section 698.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Certification shall be issued within ninety (90) days of

application, and to be eligible for this certification,

nonveterinary equine dental care providers shall provide proof of

qualification to be a nonveterinary equine dental care provider

using one of the following methods:

1. Completion of at least eighty (80) hours of training in

equine dentistry at the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the

Academy of Equine Dentistry or a similar program approved by the

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; or

2. Certification as a nonveterinary equine dental care provider

by the International Association of Equine Dentistry or its

equivalent by a similar certifying organization approved by the

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

B. Proof of four (4) hours of continuing education shall be

required for annual certification renewal for a nonveterinary equine

dental care provider. This continuing education shall be a course

approved by the Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry, the Academy of

Equine Dentistry, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners,

the International Association of Equine Dentistry or a similar

organization approved by the State Board of Veterinary Medical

Examiners and shall be obtained in the twelve-month period

immediately preceding the year for which the certification is to be

issued.

C. If prescription drugs, not to include any controlled

dangerous substances as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous

Substances Act, are to be used in nonveterinary equine dental care

procedures, the equine owner shall contact a veterinarian licensed

by the state. If the veterinarian deems that prescription drugs,

not to include any controlled dangerous substances as defined in the

Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, are necessary, the

veterinarian may assemble those drugs and may allow the owner or the

owner's agent, who can be a nonveterinary equine dental care

provider, to pick up those drugs and deliver them to the equine

owner. No prescription drugs shall be prescribed, dispensed or

administered without the establishment of a valid client-patient

relationship between the equine owner and the veterinarian.

Prescription drugs must be used in accordance with United States

Food and Drug Administration regulations.

D. Complaints related to any nonveterinary equine dental care

provider shall be filed with the State Veterinarian through the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The State

Veterinarian may investigate complaints, and may forward findings as

it deems appropriate to the appropriate law enforcement entity.