The California Veterinary Medical Board (VMB) recently sent out an Initial Statement of Reasons regarding its proposed changes to the California Code of Regulations affecting Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) School approval. Specifically, the proposed changes would specify that all California and out-of-state RVT schools or degree programs already accredited by Read more…
Animal Rehabilitation and Therapy is the application of physical therapy techniques to animals for a rehabilitative purpose. This includes treatments such as massage, stretching, exercise (active, passive, resistance), hydrotherapy, application of heat or cold, physical, chemical and other properties of heat, light, water, electricity, sound, and stimulation, among others. The rehabilitative purpose Read more…
Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays are less than one week from kick-off. And while most of us look forward to the feasting, imbibing, present-wrapping, and decorating, one oft-overlooked side effect of the winter holidays is its impact on our pets. With so much holiday cheer distracting us, we often times Read more…
It is important for all members in an animal health care team to understand and know their roles. Often a Registered Veterinary Technician (“RVT”) and an unregistered veterinary assistant’s (“assistant”) roles can overlap but a veterinarian or a RVT, may be subject to discipline by the Veterinary Medical Board (“VMB”) Read more…
The attorneys at Simas & Associates, Ltd. are seeing increasing numbers of Veterinary Medical Board (“Board”) investigations where veterinarians are attempting to respond to the Board’s investigation of them on their own. Unfortunately, this is resulting in extreme negative consequences for the veterinarians that are simply not foreseeable other than Read more…
In California, the Veterinary Medical Board has a right to inspect “at any time” any “premises in which veterinary medicine, veterinary dentistry, or veterinary surgery is being practiced.”[1] The Board regularly carries out two kinds of inspections – routine inspections and inspections following a complaint to the Board. Violations found Read more…
The most frequently cited deficiency in a California Veterinary Medical Board (“VMB”) audit of a veterinary hospital is poor record-keeping. The VMB takes the stance that if it’s not in the medical records, it didn’t happen. Disciplinary action includes the denial, revocation, probation, or suspension of a license or a citation or Read more…
New Fees As of March 1st, 2012, the Veterinary Medical Board has imposed new fees for Veterinarians and Registered Veterinarian Technicians. The increases range from $20 to $100. Fee Type Fee prior to March 1, 2012 Fee after March 1, 2012 Application Review $100 $125 California State Board Examination $150 Read more…
Registered Veterinary Technicians (RVTs) are a paraprofessional class of employee that assist veterinarians in the health care of animals and the analysis of animal disease. To be a RVT, one must have completed a Veterinary Medical Board (VMB)-approved education and training program and passed a State of California licensing examination. RVTs Read more…