Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Veterinary Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Veterinary Medicine [18 VAC 150 ‑ 20]
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5/16/17  4:04 pm
Commenter: THE VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTER OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

SUPPORT THE FULL DUTIES OF THE LVT, THIS CHANGE WILL DIMINISH PATIENT CARE
 

MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS CHANGE IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN  TO PROTECT THE VETERINARIAN WHO IS NON COMPLIANT WITH THE BYLAWS BECAUSE HE OR SHE NEEDS THE UNLICENSED PERSON TO PERFORM DUTIES NOT CURRENTLY  AUTHORIZED.  IV CATHERIZATION IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, NEXT IS INDUCTION AND INTUBATION, URINARY CATHERIZATION, EPIDURAL ADMINISTRATION, ETC.  IT SENDS US DOWN A SLOPE OF DECLINING PATIENT CARE BY UNTRAINED INDIVIDUALS.  THE BY-LAWS ARE TO PROTECT THE PATIENT AND THE PUBLIC.

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