CVMA InLine Veterinary Practice Resources
CVMA InLine program offers resources for veterinarians and their staff. You’ll find information on legal issues, practice safety and regulatory compliance as it pertains to your practice. Explore our resources.
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Below is a list of resources we’ve put together to help you manage your veterinary practice, and for your staff.
- Legal Issues
- Animal Abandonment and Lien Laws
- Animal Abuse Reporting Requirements
- Client Relations
- Compliance Corner Articles
- Employment Law
- Disability and Sick Leave
- Meal and Rest Breaks
- Independent Contractor
- Employment Information and Forms
- Discrimination, Harassment and Other Common Legal Issues that Veterinarians Face
- Families First Coronavirus Relief Act Posting
- Employment Law Basics for Veterinarians
- Minimum Wage Increase
- Overtime Issues?
- Overview of Employment Related Issues Facing Veterinarians
- Sexual Harassment and Abusive Behavior Training Requirement
- The California Veterinarian’s Guide to Understanding Discrimination in the Workplace
- Workplace Policies and Employee Handbooks
- Written Harassment and Discrimination Policies
- Free Legal Services – Member Benefit
- General Liability
- All Bark and May Bite, Revisited
- Business Owner’s Liability Not Reduced by Client’s Negligence
- Dealing with Liability Threats to Your Veterinary Practice
- Duty to Warn of Animals’ Dangerous Propensities
- Employee Embezzlement
- Explanation of Legal Duties for California Veterinarians
- General Duties of Care for Veterinarians
- How Veterinarians can Strategically Manage Complaints and Lawsuits
- Lack of Leash Policies Increases Liability for Veterinary Hospitals
- Vehicle Incidents
- Illegal Practice
- Insurance – Are You Covered?
- Legal Opinions
- Legal Products Available for Purchase
- Mediation Agreements and Anti Reporting Clauses Are Unlawful
- Standard Consent Form
- Tax Information
- Veterinary Medical Board
- Virtual Consultation Services: Considerations for Veterinarians
- Practice Safety
- Bite and Scratch Wounds and Injury Treatment Protocols
- Compliance Corner Articles
- Cal/OSHA
- Cal/OSHA FAQ
- Cal/OSHA Requirements for Veterinary Practices
- Cal/OSHA Interim COVID Guidance Requires Update to IIPP
- California Dept of Industrial Relations (DIR) Agency Profile
- CVMA Guide to Cal/OSHA Compliance
- Frequent OSHA Inspection Findings
- Heat Illness Regulations
- Isoflurane Safety
- OSHA Code of Safe Practices
- Zoonotic Disease Prevention for Veterinary Practices (NASPHV)
- Disaster & Emergency Preparedness
- Insurance
- Practice Safety Products Available for Purchase
- Radiation Safety and Compliance
- 10 CRF 20 (USNRC)
- California Dept of Public Health (CDPH) Agency Profile
- RHB Radiation Safety Instructions
- Have You Registered Your Radiology Equipment?
- Radiation Compliance Kit Available for Purchase
- Radiology Compliance in Veterinary Practices
- Radiation Regulations
- Radiation Safety and Compliance FAQ
- Radiation Safety and Protection Program Requirement Guidance (VMB)
- Radiation Safety Guide and Examination (VMB)
- RHB 2364 (Notice to Employees) (VMB)
- Safety Training and Workplace Injuries
- Bites and Scratches
- Building Safety
- Computer Workstation Ergonomics
- Do Black Belts Reduce Back Injuries?
- Effective Safety Conversations – Peer-to-Peer
- Equipment Safety
- Ergonomic Basics for Veterinary Clinics
- Eye Injuries – The First Ten Seconds are Critical!
- It’s Not the Fall That Hurts
- Ladder Safety – One Step at a Time
- Lifting and Handling
- Making Safety Training Effective for Millenneals
- Preventing Strains in the Veterinary Practices
- Safety Training and the Bottom Line
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- Vehicle Incidents
- Regulatory Compliance
- Cal/OSHA
- Cal/OSHA Overview
- Forms
- Cal/OSHA Background Information
- Cal/OSHA FAQ
- Cal/OSHA Form 300A Reporting Requirements
- Cal/OSHA Requirements for Veterinary Practices
- California Dept of Industrial Relations (DIR) Agency Profile
- Frequent OSHA Inspection Findings
- IIPP Checklist
- IIPP Fact Sheet (OSHA)
- Isoflurane Safety
- OSHA Code of Safe Practices
- Safety Data Sheet and Labeling Standards Implementation
- Sections 14300
- Animal Transportation / Health Certificates
- Airline Acclimation Certificates
- California Dept of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Agency Profile
- Interstate Health Certificate Information
- State Animal Health Officers
- State Veterinarians
- Temperature Regulations for Airlines Transporting Animals
- Update on the National Veterinary Accreditation Program
- US Department of Transportation Service Animal Air Transport Rule
- U.S. Interstate & International Certificate of Health Examination for Small Animals
- United States Dept of Agriculture (USDA) Agency Profile
- Veterinary Accreditation Renewal Process for Currently Accreditated Veterinarians
- Compliance Corner Articles
- Insurance – Are You Covered?
- Pharmaceutical
- Board of Pharmacy Agency Profile
- Compounding
- Controlled Substance / DEA
- Controlled Substance DEA FAQ
- Reverse Distributors in California
- Controlled Substances & Employee Screening Clarification
- Controlled Substance Prescriptions in California
- Controlled Substance Prescription Information
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Resources
- Keeping Control of Controlled Substances: A Review of Regulatory Requirements
- Transfer of Controlled Substances
- DEA Registration: Recommended for Every Veterinarian
- CURES / PDMP
- Drug Dispensation
- Prescriptions
- California Dept of Justice List of Approved Security Prescription Printers
- Client Drug Consultation Requirement for Veterinarians – January 2019
- Internet and Prescription Drugs Resources
- Prescription FAQ
- Sample Veterinary Prescription-California
- Sample Food Animal Prescriptions
- Update on Prescripton Laws for Food Animal Veterinarians
- Veterinarians, Prescriptions, and Pharmacies
- Regulatory Compliance Products Available for Purchase
- Rabies Information
- Radiation Safety and Compliance
- California Dept of Public Health (CDPH) Agency Profile
- DHS Radiation Safety Instructions
- Have You Registered Your Radiology Equipment?
- Radiology Compliance in the Veterinary Hospital
- Radiation Regulations
- Radiation Safety and Compliance FAQ
- Radiation Safety in Veterinary Practices
- Radiation Safety Program Requirements for Veterinary Practices
- Regulatory Forms
- Reportable Diseases
- State and Federal Agencies
- Veterinary Medical Board
- Virtual Consultation Services: Information for Veterinarians
- Waste
- Wildlife Resources
- Veterinary Care of Restricted Species
- California Restricted Species Veterinary Care Law
- §670.5. Animals of California Declared to Be Endangered or Threatened
- Domestic Ferrets
- Information About Possession of Wildlife and Wildlife Rehabilitation
- §671. Importation, Transportation and Possession of Live Restricted Animals
- §679. Possession of Wildlife and Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Cal/OSHA
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