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Any number of lay people have lasers yet a lay person cannot purchase a Lameness Locator.

Where is the logic in that?

Tsavo wrote:Any number of lay people have lasers yet a lay person cannot purchase a Lameness Locator.

Where is the logic in that?

There is none, but you can also practice medicine without a license as long as no one complains. I think the laws are in place so that those who go too far can be stopped, rather than to prevent owners from treating their own horses.

Lameness locators seem to be a different issue, as it says something on their website about the results needing to be interpreted by a licensed vet:

"The Equinosis Q is a sophisticated medical diagnostic
tool. Analytical output must be interpreted by a licensed
veterinarian skilled in equine lameness evaluations
and trained in the use of this equipment. The Q should
only be used in conjunction with a complete veterinary
examination to determine the clinical significance of
measurements. Attempts to use or interpret Q results in
clinical cases without such examination are discouraged."

I suspect the decision to sell to vets only may have more to do with practical marketing/licensing considerations rather than liability? But who knows?

The software already has a sound baseline generated from assessing many many many horses. That's where they get their tolerances. There is no reason to establish one on another horse.

Flexions are not reliable.

Diagnosing and treating an animal in exchange for compensation (remuneration) constitutes practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Btw, so does the administration of a "legend" drug (one labelled for veterinary use only or one that requires a veterinary license to purchase) to an animal in return for remuneration.

Sue B wrote:Diagnosing and treating an animal in exchange for compensation (remuneration) constitutes practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Btw, so does the administration of a "legend" drug (one labelled for veterinary use only or one that requires a veterinary license to purchase) to an animal in return for remuneration.

Okay so as I understand your response, a person can use any equipment or drugs they get their hands on and can use it. The only illegality is if the lay person charges. Is that correct?

Where does that leave the lay cold laser people who charge for it?

The Lameness Locator is not a treatment but rather an instrument for diagnosis. So that can't be practicing without a license whether there is a charge or not.

I think the reason for restricting the purchase of LL's is that the income stream from some of the other treatments will dry up in the light of (absence of) evidence of efficacy.

Tsavo wrote:Where does that leave the lay cold laser people who charge for it?

Maybe no one's worried about it because they know that the cold laser doesn't work, or the effect is so minimal that there's no danger?