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SB1199 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1199
veterinary medical
examining board; continuation
Purpose
Continues the
Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board (Board) for eight years.
Background
The Board
consists of nine members that include: 1) five licensed veterinarians who have
an established practice location in Arizona or are employed by a university or
political subdivision of Arizona and have resided and practiced in Arizona for
at least five years immediately preceding appointment, with no more than three veterinarians
having attended the same veterinary college; 2) two non-veterinarian members
that represent the general public; 3) one non-veterinarian member that
represents the livestock industry; and 4) one certified veterinary technician
who has held the designation for at least five years, is currently employed in
the veterinary field in Arizona and has practiced and resided in Arizona for at
least five years immediately preceding appointment. Members are appointed by
the Governor and serve four year terms (
A.R.S.
� 32-2202
).
The primary duty
of the Board is to protect the public from unlawful, incompetent, unqualified,
impaired or unprofessional practitioners of veterinary medicine through
licensure and regulation of the profession in Arizona. The Board may: 1) adopt
rules that relate to the qualifications and regulation of doctors of veterinary
medicine, certified veterinary technicians, veterinary premises, mobile
veterinary clinics and crematories and other rules that the Board deems
necessary for their administration; 2) administer and enforce rules; 3) regulate
disciplinary actions; 4) grant, deny, revoke, renew and suspend licenses and
certificates and the rehabilitation of licensees and certificate holders; 5) investigate
charges of violations of the statutes relating to veterinarians and the Boards
rules and orders; 6) prescribe the forms, content and manner of applications
for licensure and certification and renewal of licensure and certification and
setting deadlines for the receipt of materials required by the Board; and 7)
carry out other statutorily prescribed powers (
A.R.S.
� 32-2207
).
The Senate
Natural Resources Committee of Reference (COR) held a public meeting on
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, to review the Auditor General's Performance Audit
and Sunset Review Report, consider the Board's responses to the statutorily
outlined sunset factors and receive public testimony. The COR recommended that
the Board be continued for eight years until July 1, 2034. The Board terminates
on July 1, 2026, unless continued by the Legislature (
A.R.S.
� 41-3026.02
).
There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1.
Continues, retroactive to July 1, 2026, the Board until July 1, 2034.
2.
Repeals the Board on January 1, 2035.
3.
Contains a statement of legislative intent.
4.
Becomes effective on the general effective date, with a retroactive
provision as noted.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 22, 2026
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SB1199 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
veterinary medical
examining board; continuation
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1199
AN
ACT
Repealing section 41-3026.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes; AMENDING title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes,
by adding section 41-3034.02; relating to the arizona state veterinary
medical examining board.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.
Repeal
Section 41-3026.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3034.02, to read:
START_STATUTE
41-3034.02.
Arizona state veterinary medical examining board; termination
July 1, 2034
A. The arizona state veterinary
medical examining board terminates on July 1, 2034.
b. Title 32, chapter 21 and this
section are repealed on January 1, 2035.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 3.
Purpose
Pursuant to section 41-2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the Arizona
state veterinary medical examining board to promote the safe and professional
practice of veterinary medicine.
Sec. 4.
Retroactivity
Sections 1 and 2 of this act apply
retroactively to from and after July 1, 2026.