Section 333.18805 - Definitions; P to V(1) "Practice as a veterinary technician" means the practice of veterinary medicine based on less comprehensive knowledge and skill than that required of a veterinarian and performed under supervision of a veterinarian.(2) "Practice of veterinary medicine" means: (a) Prescribing or administering a drug, medicine, treatment, or method of procedure; performing an operation or manipulation; applying an apparatus or appliance; or giving an instruction or demonstration designed to alter an animal from its normal condition.(b) Curing, ameliorating, correcting, reducing, or modifying a disease, deformity, defect, wound, or injury in or to an animal.(c) Diagnosing or prognosing, or both, a disease, deformity, or defect in an animal by a test, procedure, manipulation, technique, autopsy, biopsy, or other examination.(3) "Veterinarian" means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine.1978, Act 368, Eff. 9/30/1978 ;--Am. 1982, Act 353, Imd. Eff. 12/21/1982 .