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]
Previous Comment     Next Comment     Back to List of Comments
12/7/20  2:38 pm
Commenter: Deanna Zielinski, LVT

Against
 

I believe allowing unlicensed employees to take over LVT oriented tasks would take value away from the roles of the licensed tech. Many people don't take veterinary medicine seriously as it is, so we should not backtrack with the legality of what an LVT versus an assistant can do. I work closely alongside human medicine in my personal role, therefore, I personally see how they do not realize how serious vet medicine is. How are we to gain respect and support from our human counterpart, if we allow staff with no formal educational training to learn these invasive procedures on the job? CNAs cannot place IVs in human patients, that role is for the formally educated and licensed RN. This is also an excellent way to cause feelings of lack of appreciation for our technician jobs.

CommentID: 87693