In other border states their are regulations governing the use of the title Veterinary Technician and Licensed Veterinary Technician. Use of either by an indvidual not licensed by the board is a misdemeanor offense in several states. The public could be mislead about the credentials of an idividual by use of just the title Veterinary Technician. Will the board adopt a similar regulation or rule? Are there reports of how many individuals the board has sanctioned for practicing without a license?

All invasive procedures should be performed only by licensed technitions or veterinarians. The use of assistants to perform these procedures; ( i.e. insetion of urinary or intravenous catheters; endotracheal tube placement; jugular blood draws; injections; drain placement; etc. ) should be a violation of the practice act.

I noticed that the proposed changes include changes in the terms and perhaps definitions of establishments, changing "full service and restricted" to "stationary and ambulatory."

I have a question about that.

I am currently the VIC at a spay/neuter clinic.  We currently have a restricted establishment license as we do not have x-ray services on-site (we do have a letter from a colleague stating they will provide any such services.) We are definitely a stationary clinic, but do not provide all services required (such as x-ray) to be what was formally called full service.  What would we be considered under these new regulations?  Will there be "types" of stationary establishments?

Thanks for any clarification you can provide.

Licensed Veterinary Technicians, qualified and skilled , are allowed to insert intravenous catherters, urinary catheters, endottachtubes, as it should be. Other non-certified assistants doing these tasks would create a liability to the patient and the practice.