Clinics save money by not hiring LVTs at all but it is at the expense of quality services and animal safety. It makes it harder for LVTs to find a good job unless they go into management. That is unfair to them. The LVT profession gets devalued.  Rules like these don't just make it easier to function without an LVT. It threatens the need to hire them at all. This is not a corner that should be cut for convenience.