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| https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=ed8f8900-229f-466c-a7aa-761ddd036183 | BACKED BY COCHRAN & HARPER, VETERINARY MEDICINE MOBILITY ACT TO BECOME LAW | 2014-07-16 | 2014 | 2014-07 | Republican | House | MS | Thad Cochran | C000567 | www.cochran.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) today announced final congressional passage of legislation they cosponsored to lift a restrictive federal permitting process required of veterinarians in order to transport and dispense controlled substances for animal care. The Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act (HR.1528/S.1171), clearing the way for the measure to be signed into law. The legislation would eliminate the requirement that veterinarians obtain separate registration from the federal government in order to transport or dispense controlled substances. Without this additional government permit, veterinarians may only use these substances within the confines of their registered veterinary practice. “This legislation eliminates an unnecessary bureaucratic rule that clearly didn’t recognize that veterinary care, by its very nature, is not limited to clinics,” Cochran said. “Removing this requirement for licensed, registered veterinarians will give them the freedom to do the work we count on to ensure public safety, our food supply and animal welfare.” “We have heard much from our veterinarians in Mississippi on the need to enact this legislation so they can provide the best care possible to livestock, horses, and other wildlife away from veterinary hospitals. This policy change is particularly important to a rural farming state like Mississippi,” Harper said. “I strongly supported the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act when it passed the House and I applaud Senator Cochran’s efforts to pass this much needed legislation on the Senate side.” The Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association support enactment of this legislation to end the separate registration requirement, which has restricted the ability of practitioners to provide care in rural areas, mobile clinics, emergencies, or wildlife removal situations. The Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act would amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. It would lift the CSA stipulation that controlled substances must be stored and dispensed at the specific address veterinarians have on file with the Drug Enforcement Administration. HR.1528 and S.1171, companion bills introduced last year and cosponsored by Harper and Cochran, would clarify that licensed and registered veterinarians have the authority to transport and dispense such controlled substances at sites other than their principle place of business. LINK: • Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association: http://bit.ly/1jyFD9U ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |