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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