While assistants do play a vital role in our profession, there should be limitations on what you can and cannot do without a professional education, especially from a liability standpoint. Allowing assistants to place IVC will open those with a license to potential lawsuit if complications arise, which they can. It would also undervalue those who worked hard to obtain their LVT in order to do more with their careers. While I understand that there is a shortage of LVTs, I can see this leading to hiring assistants over LVTs now and in the future because assistants are slowly being allowed to do the same tasks without the hard work and education. It will motivate people to not pursue education which is vital to this profession. It will also ultimately end up placing more strain on remaining LVTs and veterinarians in the future as they are asked to do tasks that are now limited to the few remaining in the field. Opposed.