CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIANS (§ 54.1-3806)

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.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 539, § 54-786.3; 1988, c. 765; 2016, c. 100.