News Update:
1099 Reporting Requirements-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
By Dr. Mark Lutschaunig, Director of the GRD
The new healthcare law contains a tax information reporting requirement that will impact all small businesses. Currently, businesses utilize Form 1099 to report any service-related transactions over $600 involving an unincorporated business (sole proprietor, partnership and LLC). More »
Featured Articles:
AVMA Proactive in Influencing Legislation
JAVMA News
Crush videos, aquaculture, and puppy mills are just some of the veterinary and animal welfare-related issues currently being considered by the 111th Congress.
During its June meeting at Association headquarters, the AVMA Executive Board took action on five recommendations from its Legislative Advisory Committee regarding pending bills. More »
Veterinarian Services Investment Act and Wall Street Reform Update
By Gina Luke, Assistant Director
The House Agriculture Committee has scheduled a "mark-up" for H.R. 3519, the Veterinarian Services Investment Act, on July 28, 2010. It is anticipated that Committee members will modify the bill before reporting it out of Committee. Most mark-ups end with a vote to send the new version of the bill to the floor for final approval. More »
WorldVet 2011 Celebrates 250 years of Veterinary Medicine
By Ashley Shelton, Assistant Director
In 2011, the veterinary profession will celebrate its 250th anniversary, and the whole world is celebrating! On the initiative of French veterinarian Claude Bourgelat, the world's first veterinary school was founded in Lyon, France, in 1761, followed shortly in 1764 by the Alfort veterinary school near Paris. Vet 2011 events will be taking place around the... More »
The AVMAPAC Mid-Year Report
By Natalie Thomas, AVMAPAC Manager
The AVMA Political Action Committee (AVMAPAC) gives your profession a stronger, unified voice. AVMAPAC is political in nature and was established to make contributions to candidates for federal office. More »
Regulatory Update:
AVMA Develops Extra-label Drug Use FAQs
By Jessica Green, Scientific Activities Division extern
The Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) passed by Congress in 1994 made extra-label drug use (ELDU) an FDA-regulated veterinary medical activity and provided veterinarians with a degree of flexibility when prescribing extra-label uses of approved animal... More »
Grassroots Update:
AVMA-CAN Action Alert: Ask your Senators to Cosponsor the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act
The shortage of veterinary care in some communities could have dire consequences for both human and animal health, as well as public safety, animal welfare, disease surveillance and economic development. To help combat the shortages, Congress authorized the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program in 2003 and funded it with...More »
Opportunities:
FDA Extends Comment Period on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation
The Food and Drug Administration recently agreed to extend the comment period on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for the veterinary feed directive program (VFD). More »
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