Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-698.30b: Animal Technology Advisory Committee - Oversight -

Members.

A. The Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be overseen

by the Board and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry and shall investigate, examine, discuss and determine

whether any new or evolving technology, procedure, method or

practice should be considered or designated an act of animal

husbandry, the practice of veterinary medicine, or added to the list

of acts not prohibited in paragraph 1 of Section 698.12 of the

Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act.

B. The Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be chaired by

the State Veterinarian employed by the Department who shall have the

following duties:

1. Call and give notice of all meetings of the committee;

2. Establish the agenda for the meetings of the committee;

3. Keep and maintain minutes of all meetings of the committee;

and

4. Publish and distribute all determinations of the committee

to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

C. In addition to the chairperson, who shall be a nonvoting

member, the Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be comprised

of the following voting members:

1. Two veterinarians appointed by the Board;

2. One veterinarian appointed by the head of the Oklahoma State

University Center of Veterinary Health Sciences;

3. Two individuals actively involved in the livestock industry

appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and

4. One faculty member of the Oklahoma State University

Department of Animal Science appointed by the head of the

Department.

D. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee shall be made by a

majority vote of the voting members of the committee and shall be

presented to the Board, in writing, for consideration and review at

least thirty (30) days before a regularly scheduled meeting of the

Board. The Board shall consider the committee recommendations and

if approved take necessary action through the rulemaking process to

adopt the rules accordingly.