Equine Health Practitioner Issues
Will equine vets be able to legally serve the needs of their patients?
by Ann E, Dwyer, DVM, president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners The American Association of Equine Practitioners Welfare and Public Policy Advisory Council is working with the American Veterinary Medical Association and Congress to ensure that veterinarians can provide complete care to their animal patients. The recent introduction of the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of [...]
Court Declares: Maryland Has No Laws Regulating Animal Massage Therapists
It is now official. On July 30, 2009, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge David A. Boynton declared that there are no laws in Maryland which either regulate animal massage practitioners or require that animal massage practitioners be licensed. It took one year and forty-five days for the Courts to decide that the Maryland State Board [...]
Justice Delayed, Justice Denied?
Hearings postponed and/or rescheduled include… …Massage Therapist Lawsuit The final hearing (we hope it’s the final hearing) for the lawsuit brought against the Maryland State Board of Chiropractic Examiners by massage therapist Mercedes Clemens, which has been repeatedly postponed, has now been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, in the Montgomery County Circuit [...]
Chiropractic Board Declines To Rescind Cease & Desist Order Against Equine Massage Therapist
by Katherine O. Rizzo In the summer of 2008, after receiving a cease and desist letter, human and equine massage therapist Mercedes Clemens sued the Maryland State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. On May 5, 2009, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge David A. Boynton suspended the hearing against the Board, strongly urging the Board to rethink [...]
Judge Sides with Equine Massage Therapist
On May 5, 2009, massage therapist Mercedes Clemens reached another milestone in her lawsuit to reclaim her right to massage horses when a judge essentially told the Maryland State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to “back off.” Last summer, The Equiery reported that Mercedes Clemens was suing the Maryland State Boards of Chiropractic Examiners and Veterinary [...]
