Webinar: Certificates of Veterinary Inspection for Imports into Canada New Canadian regulations require import permits and veterinary certificates to…

A Senate subcommittee recently held a hearing about a controversial bill aimed at regulating puppy mills by bringing federal oversight to large-scale…

The AVMA supports passage of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). In addition to giving the Health and Human

A New York Times story exposing alleged abuses at an agricultural research facility has prompted legislation to expand federal animal

Update: The U.S. Department of Labor on December 2 appealed Judge Mazzant's decision to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans.   With…

AVMA prioritizes how it will address bills or regulations when they are posed in Congress.

  One bill's language partly adopted from AVMA model act   posted July 18, 2010   Crush videos, aquaculture, and puppy mills are just some of the…

Breed-specific legislation (BSL) targets specific breeds of dogs that are wrongly thought to all be dangerous – most frequently pit bull types –

The AVMA has adopted a scoring system that will enable the Association to more effectively address federal legislative and regulative proposals

Once again, Congress is eyeing implementing reforms in North American horse racing, but, this time, it’s looking to an outside

Labor Department offers webinars to explain new rules A new rule finalized last week by the U.S. Department of Labor requires time-and-a-half overtime…

Veterinary prescription mandates are bad for veterinarians, and bad for our patients. This legislation interferes in the veterinarian-client-patient…

Find information about the laws, relief programs, and regulations enacted to assist veterinary small business owners, veterinarians, and veterinary…

With 88 percent of veterinary students borrowing from federal student loan programs, according to the 2016 AVMA & AAVMC Report on the Market for…

​State legislatures passed a number of bills in 2014 that impact animals and veterinary medicine, and 18 veterinarians are serving in

This report looks at state legislation and regulatory actions from the first half of 2015 that impact veterinary medicine.

August AVMA state legisaltive and regulatory update.

The AVMA has renewed its opposition to federal legislation that would require a veterinarian to provide a client with a written prescription

October AVMA state legisaltive and regulatory update.

November AVMA State Legislative and regulatory update

Legislation signed in November 2013 will give federal authorities more scrutiny over some compounding pharmacies, which will be able to

State Legislative Update for May 2015

A new AVMA task force will develop a proposal for federal legislation to address issues related to veterinary compounding

Monthly legislative update - May 2014

State Legislative Update.