                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE VETERINARIAN; LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARY GRANT PROGRAM (§ 3.2-5901.2)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Large animal veterinarian&#8221; means a person who is actively
engaged in and is licensed to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to Chapter
38 (&#xA7; 54.1-3800 et seq.) of Title 54.1 and whose specialties include
livestock, poultry, or equine, as that term is defined in &#xA7; 3.2-6200.
			&#8220;Program&#8221; means the large animal veterinary grant program
established by the State Veterinarian pursuant to subsection B.

B. The State Veterinarian shall establish a large animal veterinary grant
program to provide grants to increase or stabilize the number of large animal
veterinarians practicing in areas of the Commonwealth that have been identified
by the State Veterinarian as having a shortage of such veterinarians. The State
Veterinarian shall annually select from a pool of applicants no more than four
large animal veterinarians to participate in the program.

C. The State Veterinarian, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine
and relevant stakeholders, including the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, the
Virginia Academy of Food Animal Practitioners, and the Virginia Veterinary
Medical Association, shall develop criteria for applicants to participate in the
program, which shall include:

   1. The geographic area of the Commonwealth that an applicant serves or would
   serve and the need for large animal veterinary services in such area;

   2. The number of localities that an applicant serves or would serve;

   3. The number of different large animal veterinarian specialties in which an
   applicant practices; and

   4. The percentage of time an applicant devotes to large animal veterinary
   services.

HISTORY: 2025, cc. 258, 262.