The Board may license a veterinary technician to perform acts relating to the treatment or the maintenance of the health of any animal under the immediate and direct supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the Commonwealth or a veterinarian who is employed by the United States or the Commonwealth while actually engaged in the performance of his official duties. No person licensed as a veterinary technician may perform surgery, diagnose, or prescribe medication for any animal.
1978, c. 539, § 54-786.3; 1988, c. 765; 2016, c. 100.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 38 - Veterinary Medicine
§ 54.1-3800. Practice of veterinary medicine
§ 54.1-3802. Board of Veterinary Medicine; appointment; officers; etc.
§ 54.1-3804. Specific powers of Board
§ 54.1-3805.2. Continuing education
§ 54.1-3806. Licensed veterinary technicians
§ 54.1-3806.1. Disclosure forms required
§ 54.1-3807. Refusal to grant and to renew; revocation and suspension of licenses and registrations
§ 54.1-3810. Report of conviction or injunction to Board
§ 54.1-3811. Veterinary professionals rendering services without charge exempt from liability
§ 54.1-3812. Release of records