I am strongly against this change. As a newly licensed LVT I worked my butt off to get my license, studying for years to complete school and pass my boards. While vet assistants are a vital support staff for LVTs and doctors, they are not interchangeable to technicians and the skills we have acquired to hold the title of licensed veterinary technician. If we make this change what is next? Assistants intubating pets? Administering IM and IV medications? As a technician we are limited on what we can do because we were not trained as doctors. The same goes for assistants who are not trained as LVTs. We went through rigorous school work and hours of schooling perfecting our skills for a reason, there is risk when technical procedures are performed by untrained individuals.  If the concern is that the veterinary community is in need of more technicians then this would actually have a detrimental effect on LVT morale as we are already overworked and underpaid as is. Add in that assistants are able to do the skills we were trained to do without licensure and that will just create an influx of more unhappy veterinary professionals.