New York Laws
Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology
6713 - Special Provisions.

§ 6713. Special provisions. 1. An unlicensed person may provide
supportive services to a veterinarian, including but not limited to
administering oral or topical medications, incidental to and/or
concurrent with such veterinarian personally performing a service or
procedure, provided such supportive services do not require a knowledge
of veterinary science.

2. A certified emergency medical technician may perform endotracheal
intubation on an animal under the immediate personal supervision of a
licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician acting under
the direct supervision of a veterinarian, in lieu of the licensed
veterinarian personally performing the procedure, provided:

a. the emergency medical technician is enrolled in a course in
advanced emergency medical technology approved under article thirty of
the public health law in which pediatric endotracheal intubation
training is included;

b. the procedure is performed as part of pediatric endotracheal
intubation training in that course, after didactic and manikin training
in human intubation, and instruction in animal anatomy and the proper
method of animal intubation have been received;

c. the procedure is medically indicated as part of treating or
operating for any non-emergency disease, pain, injury, deformity, or
physical condition of the animal;

d. the procedure is performed only when the animal is properly sedated
or anesthetized;

e. the procedure is performed no more than once per animal by no more
than one certified emergency medical technician;

f. the animal owner, or where such owner is unknown, the person having
lawful charge or custody of the animal, consents in writing to the
performance of the procedure by a person meeting the qualifications of
this subdivision; and

g. records kept by the commissioner of health on courses in advanced
emergency medical technology meeting the requirements of this
subdivision indicate whether pediatric endotracheal intubation training
conducted in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision was part
of a course in advanced emergency medical technology; provided, however,
that this subdivision shall not be construed to require endotracheal
intubation on animals, and the commissioner of health shall have
discretion to determine whether endotracheal intubation training on
animals shall be required for accreditation of such courses or for
certification of advanced emergency medical technicians.