{"id":"SEC-26-008","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"United States (trade association; context)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"26","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"American Veterinary Medical Association","authority":"None (advocacy statement; secondary evidence of early State designations)","instrument":"AVMA statement, Veterinary practices are \u0027essential businesses\u0027 (Mar. 17, 2020; web page as captured May 1, 2020)","title":"Veterinary practices are \u0027essential businesses\u0027","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"n/a","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["State and local governments"],"clause":"In some localities, such as San Francisco, and states, like Maryland and Pennsylvania, veterinary practices are appropriately considered \u0027essential businesses.\u0027... We urge all authorities to similarly designate veterinary practices as essential businesses, and also ensure their ability to obtai[n PPE].... With shelter-at-home and similar orders in place in some locations, veterinary practices that remain open may need or want to provide documentation for team members to travel to and from work.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["CL","WF (travel letters for staff under stay-home orders)","SC"],"notes":"Contemporaneous evidence that the industry\u0027s continued operation depended on jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction designation and that staff needed authorization letters to travel to work under the stay-home orders.","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200501040920/https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/covid-19/veterinary-practices-are-essential-businesses","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200501040920/https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/covid-19/veterinary-practices-are-essential-businesses","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":558539,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-26","url":"/library/SEC-26-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-26-008","citation":"American Veterinary Medical Association, AVMA statement, Veterinary practices are \u0027essential businesses\u0027 (Mar. 17, 2020; web page as captured May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-26-008)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-26-006","SEC-26-GM-024"]}