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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5/20/17  5:47 pm
Commenter: Katie Grichtmeier VCA

Let's be clear
 

Let's be clear about what this is about. It has very little to do with improving the quality of patient care within our hospitals. If that were the case, there would certainly be an LVT available to place an IVC. This is a cost cutting measure for practice owners and an excuse for sloppy medicine. 

There are substantially more risk involved with placing an IVC then with a blood draw. Do we even need to debate this?

There is too broad of a definition of supervision  if an assistant is placing and IVC I would EXPECT that a DVM or LVT be aware and within site of the patient. If you want to pass this law, you need to revise the definition of "supervision"

 

 

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