1. (a) The standard professional title for a corporate veterinary practice shall be as required by the Arkansas Professional Corporation Act, Arkansas Code § 4-29-201 et seq.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Veterinary practice may be by:

      1. (A) Sole practitioners;
      2. (B) Partnerships; or
      3. (C) Duly registered corporations.
   2. (2) Only licensees may be partners.
3. (c) No corporation may practice or offer to practice unless it holds a current corporate certificate from the Arkansas Board of Animal Health.

4. (d) No corporation may do any act that individual licensees are prohibited from doing, and every corporation practicing veterinary medicine shall be subject to all:

   1. (1) Rules and regulations applicable to individual or partnership practice; and
   2. (2) Disciplinary powers of the board.

5. (e)

   1. (1) No veterinarian may practice or offer to practice veterinary medicine as an officer or employee of any corporation that does not hold a valid corporate certificate, nor may he or she furnish professional services to or through such corporation in such manner as to enable the corporation to evade the requirements of the:

      1. (A) Arkansas Veterinary Medical Practice Act, Arkansas Code § 17-101-101 et seq.; or
      2. (B) Rules of the board.
   2. (2) However, a veterinarian employed by a private or public-held corporation may engage in the practice of veterinary medicine on animals owned by that corporation.
6. (f) The services of any veterinary corporation shall be limited to veterinary services.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided the following at the beginning of the section: “(Adopted: 12/1/1976) (Amended: 11/12/2008) (Effective: 1/1/2009)”.