1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; requiring equine teeth
1.3 	floaters to have indirect supervision; proposing
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 156.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [156.075] REQUIREMENT FOR EQUINE TEETH
1.7 	FLOATERS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section
1.9 	the following terms have the meanings given them.
1.10 	(a) "Equine teeth floating" means:
1.11 	(1) removal of enamel points from teeth with handheld,
1.12 	nonmotorized, non-air-powered files or rasps;
1.13 	(2) reestablishing normal molar table angles and freeing up
1.14 	lateral excursion and other normal movements of the mandible;
1.15 	(3) shaping the lingual aspect of the lower arcades and the
1.16 	buccal aspect of the upper arcades to a rounded smooth surface;
1.17 	and 
1.18 	(4) removing points from the buccal aspect of the upper
1.19 	arcade and the lingual aspect of the lower arcade.
1.20 	(b) "Indirect supervision" means the attending veterinarian
1.21 	or veterinarian who regularly provides veterinary care to the
1.22 	horse or horses, has given oral or written instructions for
1.23 	treatment of the patient, and is readily available by telephone
1.24 	or other form of immediate communication.  The veterinarian must
1.25 	be currently licensed under this chapter.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Equine teeth floating services. (a) A person
2.2 	may perform equine teeth floating services after submitting to
2.3 	the board the following:
2.4 	(1) proof of current certification from the International
2.5 	Association of Equine Dentistry or other professional equine
2.6 	dentistry association as determined by the board; and 
2.7 	(2) a written statement signed by the supervising
2.8 	veterinarian that the applicant will be under direct or indirect
2.9 	supervision when floating equine teeth.
2.10 	(b) The board must waive the requirements in clauses (1)
2.11 	and (2) of paragraph (a), and allow a person to perform equine
2.12 	teeth floating services if the person provides satisfactory
2.13 	evidence of being actively engaged in floating equine teeth for
2.14 	at least ten of the past 15 years and has generated at least
2.15 	$5,000 a year in personal income from this activity.