As used in sections 340.335 to 340.350, the following terms shall mean:

1. (1) "Areas of defined need", areas designated by the board pursuant to section 340.339, when services of a large animal veterinarian are needed to improve the client-doctor ratio in the area, or to contribute professional veterinary services to an area of economic impact;
2. (2) "Board", the Missouri veterinary medical board;
3. (3) "Large animal veterinarian", veterinarians licensed and registered pursuant to this chapter, engaged in general or large animal practice as their primary specialties, and who have at least fifty percent of their practice devoted to large animal veterinary medicine.

(L. 2001 S.B. 462)