Deposition of Dana Fennewald, Executive Director of Missouri Veterinary Medical Board

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Q.

In your experience, if the Board is

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deliberating on a question of whether a certain practice

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constitutes veterinary medicine, do they tend to rely on

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their own understanding, or do they tend to seek input from

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the Attorney General -- or the attorney in the room?

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A.

I mean, the way they make their decision, I

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really can't tell you.

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can only tell you what the decisions are really.

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Q.

They are all individuals, and we

All right.

But you would know if they were

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asking the attorney for the attorney's perspective or if

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they were simply deliberating among themselves -- among the

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Board members; isn't that correct?

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A.

That -- I -- I'm in the room.

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Q.

Okay.

Yes.

So is it more usual for them to

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deliberate among themselves or is it more usual for them to

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seek input from the attorney that is in the room?

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A.

There again, it depends on the situation.

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they need an attorney's advice, they will address the

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attorney.

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Q.

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And that's -How frequently would you say that they need

the attorney's advice? A.

I really couldn't answer that.

I mean,

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during the meeting -- the attorney is there the whole

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meeting.

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Q.

If

I mean -- I couldn't answer that. Let's talk about alleged violations of


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