The FDA has received questions from “interested parties about federal requirements related to a veterinarian’s role in dispensing prescription animal drugs” and to the establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship in the course of practice.
The agency has developed a Q&A to address veterinarians’ obligations under federal law.
Some of the questions FDA addresses in the Q&A are:
1. What is a veterinarian’s role in dispensing prescription animal drugs?
2. What is meant by professional supervision and oversight?
3. What is the veterinarian’s role in extralabel use of products?
4. Can a veterinarian-client-patient relationship be established through telemedicine?
