{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.18805","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18805","heading":"Definitions; P to V.","body":"Sec. 18805.\n\n\"Practice as a veterinary technician\" means the practice of veterinary medicine based on less comprehensive knowledge and skill than that required of a veterinarian and performed under supervision of a veterinarian.\n\n\"Practice of veterinary medicine\" means:\n\nPrescribing or administering a drug, medicine, treatment, or method of procedure; performing an operation or manipulation; applying an apparatus or appliance; or giving an instruction or demonstration designed to alter an animal from its normal condition.\n\nCuring, ameliorating, correcting, reducing, or modifying a disease, deformity, defect, wound, or injury in or to an animal.\n\nDiagnosing or prognosing, or both, a disease, deformity, or defect in an animal by a test, procedure, manipulation, technique, autopsy, biopsy, or other examination.\n\n\"Veterinarian\" means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-18805","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"7902410cfd48a12b07652fbdaea58e5da1de7fae4e879b5023fd5cbc8cc9ca1c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.18802","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.18808"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}