SB 60 — Establish veterinarian telehealth visit requirements, procedures

As ReportedPassed by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session Sub.

60 2025-2026 Senators Wilkin, Huffman ToCosponsors: amend section 4741.04 and to enact section 1 4741.041 of the Revised Code to establish 2 requirements and procedures for veterinarian 3 telehealth visits.

Senators Antonio, Blackshear, Brenner, Chavez, Cirino, Craig, DeMora, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Ingram, Koehler, Landis, Liston, Manning, O'Brien, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Roegner, Romanchuk, Smith, Timken, Weinstein, Wilson To amend section 4741.04 and to enact section 1 4741.041 of the Revised Code to establish 2 requirements and procedures for veterinarian 3 telehealth visits.

16 (B) The veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the 17 patientSub. to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis 18 of the medical condition of the patient.

In order to demonstrate 19 that the veterinarian has sufficient knowledge, the veterinarian 20 Sub.

60 Page 2 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee shall have seen the patient recentlyto andinitiate alsoat shallleast bea 21general acquaintedor personallypreliminary withdiagnosis the18 keeping and care of the patientmedical 22condition either by examining doing any of the following:patient.

In order to demonstrate 19 that the veterinarian has sufficient knowledge, the veterinarian 20 shall have seen the patient recently and also shall be 21 acquainted personally with the keeping and care of the patient 22 either by examining doing any of the following:

A 44 veterinarian-client-patient relationship as required under 45 sectionSub. 4741.04 of the Revised Code is not required to provide 46 tele-advice.

47 (B) A licensed veterinarian may conduct the practice of 48 Sub.

60 Page 3 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Agriculturesection and4741.04 Naturalof Resourcesthe CommitteeRevised veterinaryCode medicineis vianot telehealthrequired servicesto ifprovide all46 oftele-advice. the 49 following apply:

47 (B) A licensed veterinarian may conduct the practice of 48 veterinary medicine via telehealth services if all of the 49 following apply:

73 (C)Sub. A licensed veterinarian may prescribe drugs or 74 medications after establishing a veterinary-client-patient 75 relationship via telehealth services, except that all of the 76 following apply:

77 Sub.

60 Page 4 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Agriculture(C) andA Naturallicensed Resourcesveterinarian Committeemay (1)prescribe Thedrugs veterinarianor may74 issuemedications anafter initialestablishing prescriptiona forveterinary-client-patient 7875 notrelationship morevia thantelehealth fourteenservices, days.except that all of the 76 following apply:

77 (1) The veterinarian may issue an initial prescription for 78 not more than fourteen days.

102 (E)Sub. Division (D) of this section applies to the extent 103 permitted under federal law.

104 (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 105 invalidate or overrule the provisions of Chapter 956.

of the 106 Sub.

60 Page 5 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Agriculture(E) andDivision Natural(D) Resourcesof Committeethis Revisedsection Code.applies to the extent 103 permitted under federal law.

104 (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 105 invalidate or overrule the provisions of Chapter 956.

of the 106 Revised Code.