A. The Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be overseen by the Board and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and shall investigate, examine, discuss and determine whether any new or evolving technology, procedure, method or practice should be considered or designated an act of animal husbandry, the practice of veterinary medicine, or added to the list of acts not prohibited in paragraph 1 of Section 698.12 of the Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act.

B. The Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be chaired by the State Veterinarian employed by the Department who shall have the following duties:

1. Call and give notice of all meetings of the committee;

2. Establish the agenda for the meetings of the committee;

3. Keep and maintain minutes of all meetings of the committee; and

4. Publish and distribute all determinations of the committee to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

C. In addition to the chairperson, who shall be a nonvoting member, the Animal Technology Advisory Committee shall be comprised of the following voting members:

1. Two veterinarians appointed by the Board;

2. One veterinarian appointed by the head of the Oklahoma State University Center of Veterinary Health Sciences;

3. Two individuals actively involved in the livestock industry appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and

4. One faculty member of the Oklahoma State University Department of Animal Science appointed by the head of the Department.

D. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee shall be made by a majority vote of the voting members of the committee and shall be presented to the Board, in writing, for consideration and review at least thirty (30) days before a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. The Board shall consider the committee recommendations and if approved take necessary action through the rulemaking process to adopt the rules accordingly.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 83, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.