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]
Action Elimination of restriction on practical training only in final year of veterinary school
Stage Final
Comment Period Ended on 7/27/2016
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6/27/16  6:26 pm
Commenter: Marjorie Lune

Written consent should be required.
 

I strongly object to approval of these regulations without a requirement for owner consent for student performance of any task which ordinarily requires licensure. No veterinary student should be allowed to perform any unsupervised medical treatment on an animal without written permission by the owner. The public was ignored in the last comment period. I request that the process begin again, with another comment period. And this time, pay attention to the public! 

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