Understanding Veterinary Confidentiality Laws

To those of you who were not aware, important veterinary confidentiality laws, which are outlined in the article here, are laws that exist for the protection of the medical information of your pets, as they are members of the family, after all. You may be thinking, “I have never been to vet with anyone but my pet, so how does this apply to me?” Well, you may be surprised to know that there may be times when this law applies to your life as a pet owner and can impact your decisions in ways you did not expect, such as when travelling with your pet or when determining how to best support your pet’s health.

Here are 10 instances during which these laws apply to your pet’s medical information, which may impact how you as a pet owner make decisions when it comes to pet health, even particular to your chic or trendy lifestyle choices:

No one should be left out of the loop, including your pet – and that’s where important veterinary confidentiality laws come into play. For more on these laws and what they mean to you as a consumer and pet owner, click here for the article that outlines the details of these utilities of the law.