Grace period

IAED certification is accepted to qualify for registration in Virginia.

Therefore the rules and regulations of IAED certification should be taken into consideration when you determine the grace period.  IAED require 250 horses to have been done by the candidate.  They also require you to have been a member for 9 months before certification.  Another factor is that they only do the certification once every 9 months.

We propose that EQDT’s are allowed to work under supervision of registered EQDT or veterinarian, until IAED certified with no time limit.

50% equine business veterinarian reference

Currently EQDT’s are required to get two reference letters from veterinarians who has at least 50 % equine business.  Why 50%?  This requirement seems arbitrary and capricious.  Having a practice with at least 50% equine business, that does not mean that the veterinarian knows about equine dentistry.   On the other hand, a veterinarian with only 10% equine business may be very knowledgeable about equine dentistry.

Therefore any veterinarian with some equine business, should be acceptable as a reference for the applicants’ competency and moral character.

Registered EQDT required to work under direct supervision by veterinarian when using motorized equipment

If an EQDT has IAED certification and/or 5 years experience plus two veterinarians’ saying that you are competent using hand tools and power tools, then why do registered EQDT’s have to be supervised by a veterinarian when they use motorized equipment?

On the other hand, LVT’s with little or no experience in equine dentistry can lawfully work on horses’ teeth with power tools with veterinary supervision, but again, this veterinarian can be even a small animal veterinarian with little or no equine dentistry knowledge.

We propose that if EQDT's are IAED certified, or have 5 years experience, they are allowed to do motorized equine dentistry without direct supervision by a veterinarian.

LVT’s  working on horses’ teeth without same qualifications as EQDT

The current LVT programs has very limited education in equine dentistry.

LVT’s are allowed to work under direct supervision, but that could be any veterinarian, even small animal veterinarians, who might have very little knowledge about equine dentistry.

If the Law is going to require EQDT’s to pass a certification in order to work on horses’ teeth, then all people that want to work on horses’ teeth, should demonstrate their abilities,  including veterinarians, LVT, etc.

The law and regulations at the moment is discriminatory.  If they want to regulate equine dentistry as a profession, then the law must apply to all participants equally, EQDT’s, veterinarians and LVT’s

Signed:  Hanina Hyde, Meredith Barlow, Myles Hopton, Amanda Bourne, Lisa Jarrell, Jill Cathey, Stephanie Suprenant, Hubert Davy, Erica Beck, Raymond Hyde, Robin Army, Lisa Murphy, Ron Haines, Amanda Compton