RE: [RC] Fw: health passport - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.Who is Dr. Brietmyer? My suspicion is that your letter says exactly why such a change would be hard to push through: all the vets who make money issuing health certs. every 30 days will appeal to their (very strong) lobby to oppose such a change. Laney -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FWIW, vets (at least equine vets) don't have a particularly strong lobby. Even in California and probably less so in other states other than maybe Kentucky. I wish we did, we'd have better luck dealing with some of the illegal practicing-medicine-without-a-license crowd and other issues. Hell, we're lucky we even have a mailbox at the Department of Consumer Affairs--- Ahnold wants to put *all* the licensed professional boards under one roof to be run by a non-veterinarian entity. Wouldn't THAT be lovely? Writing out health certificates aren't a significant source of income or profit, at least not in our practice. It takes me about 30 minutes on average to do all the paperwork involved, get in and out the door and I get $30 for it. I do also get a $52 farm call, but with gas at $2.50 a gallon and fighting LA traffic, believe me, there's no profit in that whatsoever. I have to generate a lot more than that per hour to pay bills and take home a paycheck and I sure don't make it writing health certificates. I'd be more than happy for HCs to be valid for six months. JMO. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM, MS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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