H512 • 2025

Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Gillespie, Lambeth, Goodwin, Huneycutt, Ager, Alston, Belk, G. Brown, K. Brown, Campbell, Cunningham, Dahle, Greenfield, Harrison, Howard, Johnson, Kidwell, Logan, Longest, Majeed, McNeely, Moss, Penny, Pickett, Pyrtle, Reives, Roberson, Ross, Ward, White, Willingham
Last action: 2025-05-01
Official status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice.

H512-SMDC-12(CSDC-8)-v-4 (2025-04-08): Emer.

What This Bill Does

H512-SMDC-12(CSDC-8)-v-4 (2025-04-08): Emer.
Care/Animals/Vet.
Practice.
H512-SMDC-16(e2)-v-3 (2025-04-15): Emer.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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H512-SMDC-12(CSDC-8)-v-4

None

Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 512: Emer.

2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 512: Emer.
Care/Animals/Vet.
Practice.
Committee: House Health.

H512-SMDC-16(e2)-v-3

None

Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 512: Emer.

2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 512: Emer.
Care/Animals/Vet.
Practice.
Committee: House Judiciary 1.

H512-SMDC-25(e2)-v-2

None

Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 512: Emer.

2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 512: Emer.
Care/Animals/Vet.
Practice.
Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 28, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.

Bill History

2025-05-01 Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
2025-05-01 Senate
Passed 1st Reading
2025-05-01 Senate
Regular Message Received From House
2025-05-01 House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
2025-04-30 House
Passed 3rd Reading
2025-04-30 House
Passed 2nd Reading
2025-04-28 House
Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025
2025-04-28 House
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
2025-04-28 House
Reptd Fav
2025-04-15 House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
2025-04-15 House
Reptd Fav
2025-04-08 House
Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1
2025-04-08 House
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
2025-03-26 House
Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
2025-03-26 House
Passed 1st Reading
2025-03-25 House
Filed

Official Summary Text

H512-SMDC-12(CSDC-8)-v-4
(2025-04-08): Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice.
H512-SMDC-16(e2)-v-3
(2025-04-15): Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice.
H512-SMDC-25(e2)-v-2
(2025-04-28): Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 512
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/8/25

Short Title: Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 26, 2025
*H512-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO THE PR ACTICE OF VETERINARY 2
MEDICINE FOR EMERGEN CY PERSONNEL WHO REN DER EMERGENCY 3
MEDICAL SERVICES TO AN INJURED K -9 POLIC E ANIMAL OR AN INJUR ED 4
SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 90-187.10 reads as rewritten: 7
"§ 90-187.10. Necessity for license; certain practices exempted. 8
No individual shall engage in the practice of veterinary medicine without having a veterinary 9
license from the Board. No person, as defined in G.S. 90-181(5), may own a veterinary facility 10
without having a veterinary facility permit from the Board. 11
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit: 12
… 13
(13) Emergency medical services personnel, as defined in G.S. 131E-155, except 14
that individuals solely credentialed as emergency medical dispatchers shall 15
not be considered emergency medical services personnel for purposes of this 16
subdivision, who may provide emergency medical transport or emergency 17
medical services to a n injured K -9 police unit animal or an injured certified 18
search and rescue dog deployed by or contracted to work with a federal, State, 19
or local agency or department at the scene of an emergency." 20
SECTION 1.(b) Article 7 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes is amended by 21
adding a new section to read: 22
"§ 131E -155.2. Emergency medical treatment for K -9 unit or search and rescue dog ; 23
limited immunity. 24
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency medical services personnel shall not 25
be prosecuted for providing emergency medical transport or emergency medical services to an 26
injured K-9 police unit animal or an injured search and rescue dog if the emergency medical 27
services personnel acted in good faith when providing emergency medical trans port or 28
emergency medical services to an injured K-9 police unit animal or an injured search and rescue 29
dog at the scene of an emergency. The immunity established by this section does not extend to 30
gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing that would otherwise be actionable. 31
For purposes of this section, a search and rescue dog is defined as a dog certified by any national 32
certification organization that is deployed by or contracted to work with a federal, State, or local 33
agency or department , and individuals solely credentialed as emergency medical dispatchers 34
shall not be considered emergency medical services personnel." 35
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 House Bill 512-Second Edition
SECTION 2. This act is effective 30 days after it becomes law an d applies to acts 1
on or after that date. 2