The Kentucky Practice Act

• 201 KAR 16:767. Registered veterinary facilities – Duties of registered responsible parties and veterinarian managers. The amendment clarifies that fixed veterinary facilities are required to have a veterinarian manager physically present onsite for a minimum amount of time during operating hours to ensure the manager has knowledge of and control over the facility's methods for complying with minimum standards and the degree to which the minimum standards are being met. Further, the Board determined that a veterinarian manager cannot reasonably manage more than five (5) veterinary facilities and still be able to spend the required amount of time on location to have a working knowledge of operations.​
• MIR - Request for Facility Information Change
  
• MIR - Request for a New Veterinarian Manager
  

August 2025 Filing

On August 14, 2025, KBVE filed the following amendments to existing administrative regulations: 

• ​201 KAR 16:730. Approved allied animal health professional (AAHP) programs; education requirements. This amendment is necessary to establish conformity with Acts Chapter 87 and to define education-al requirements for the added AAHP EDP applicants.
  

• 201 KAR 16:731. Examination requirements for AAHP providers. This amendment updates the administrative regulation for conformity with Acts Chapter 87; changes the “permit” to a “license”; and defines examination requirements for the added AAHP equine dental providers (EDPs).
  

• 201 KAR 16:735. Renewal requirements for AAHP licenses[permits] -- renewal notice -- expiration. This amendment updates the administrative regulation for conformity with Acts Chapter 87; changes the “permit” to a “license”; and defines renewal and CE requirements for the added AAHP equine dental providers (EDPs).
  
• MIR - Renewal Application for AAHP Licenses[Permits] ​
  
• 201 KAR 16:737. Responsibilities for AAHP providers; limitations on practice. This amendment updates the administrative regulation for conformity with Acts Chapter 87; changes the “permit” to a “license”; and defines limitations and responsibilities for the added AAHP equine dental providers (EDPs); places limitations on EDP students who are learning to practice, including who may supervise these students and required registration with the board.​
  
• ​MIR - Registration for Supervision of EDP Students​
  

• 201 KAR 16:772. Application requirements for AAHP facility registration; AAHP managers; Registered responsible parties. This amendment updates the administrative regulation for conformity with Acts Chapter 87; changes the “permit” to a “license”. The amendment clarifies that fixed AAHP facilities are required to have a “Dedicated AAHP Services Space” (DASS) where AAHP services are provided and that the DASS shall be confined and enclosed with walls floor to ceiling so that, at a minimum, patients are fully contained and separated from persons who are not AAHP personnel or an owner  or owner’s agent.  The board has determined that providing AAHP services to patients in a space that does not meet these requirements is a danger to the public and animal patients due to 1) an inability to maintain control of a patient and 2) opportunity for fractious patients which may become aggressive to people during the provision of AAHP services. The requirements stated in this amendment address those concerns. Further this amendment differentiates requirements for fixed and mobile facilities so that mobile facilities need not permanently display the registration in a public area.  The Board has determined that such a display on a mobile unit may make the unit a target for theft or drug diversion, and because some units are mixed use personal / business vehicles.  This amendment also establishes requirements on the maximum number of facilities an AAHP manager may oversee to ensure they have sufficient knowledge to ensure compliance with regulatory standards at each location, and the materials needed for applications.
  
• MIR - Application for AAHP Facility Registration
  

• 201 KAR 16:775. AAHP facilities -- Renewal notice -- Requirements for renewal and reinstatement. This amendment updates the administrative regulation for conformity with Acts Chapter 87.  Further, the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners received multiple questions and concerns from applicants for registered facilities related to the business name.  The amendments clarify these issues.​
  
• ​MIR - Renewal Application for Registered AAHP Facilities
  
• MIR - Reinstatement Application for Registered AAHP Facilities​
  

• 201 KAR 16:777. Registered AAHP facilities – Duties of registered responsible parties and AAHP managers. This amendment clarifies that fixed AAHP facilities are required to have an AAHP manager physically present onsite for a minimum amount of time during operating hours to ensure the manager has knowledge of and control over the facility's methods for complying with minimum standards and the degree to which the minimum standards are being met. Further, the Board determined that an AAHP manager cannot reasonably manage more than five (5) AAHP facilities and still be able to spend the required amount of time on location to have a working knowledge of operations.
  
• MIR - Request for a New AAHP Manager​
  

A public hearing on this administrative regulation shall be held on October 21, 2025, at 1:30 PM EDT, at KBVE, 4047 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 104, Lexington, KY 40511. Individuals interested in being heard at this hearing shall notify this agency in writing by five workdays prior to the hearing, of their intent to attend. If no notification of intent to attend the hearing was received by that date, the hearing may be cancelled. A transcript of the public hearing will not be made unless a written request for a transcript is made. If you do not wish to be heard at the public hearing, you may submit written comments on the proposed administrative regulation. Written comments shall be accepted through October 31, 2025. Send written notification of intent to be heard at the public hearing or written comments on the proposed administrative regulation to the contact person.

            CONTACT PERSON: Michelle M. Shane, KBVE Executive Director, 4047 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 104, Lexington, KY 40511, Phone 502-564-5433, Fax 502-573-1458, Michelle.Shane@ky.gov.

All filed regulations may also be viewed on the LRC website directly no later than the first day of the month following filing.  Visit 201 KAR Chapter 16.