Oklahoma Senate votes take teeth out of law on horse dentists
Lawmakers voted to decrease the penalty for the unlicensed practice of veterinary medicine on Thursday, going back on a law last session that made it a felony to do a number of procedures, including filing down a horse’s teeth.
The Senate passed Senate Bill 452 in a vote of 36-8. It now goes back to the House.
Opponents of the bill said the unauthorized practice of medicine needs to be a felony to help prev...
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