Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1505.60 - Certified Veterinary Technicians Functions
a) A certified veterinary technician shall
provide veterinary service under the control, direction and supervision of a
licensed veterinarian, who is responsible for the services performed by the
certified veterinary technician.
b)
The duties of a certified veterinary technician shall not include the making of
a diagnosis or prognosis, prescribing or writing prescriptions for drugs,
medication or any other material for the care of treatment of any animal or
performing any kind of surgery upon any animal.
c) A certified veterinary technician is
prohibited from performing tasks that include, but are not limited to, the
following:
1) dental extractions;
2) gingival resection;
3) clamping calves' tails;
4) floating teeth;
5) castrating any animals; and
6) settings of bones.
d) A certified veterinary technician shall
only perform cast application under the immediate supervision of a
veterinarian, as defined in Section 3 of the Act. This subsection does not
apply to the setting of bones.
e) A
certified veterinary technician shall perform the following tasks only under
the direct or immediate supervision of a veterinarian, as defined in Section 3
of the Act:
1) anesthesia
induction;
2) anesthesia
endotracheal intubation;
3)
anesthesia maintenance;
4)
anesthesia monitor signs;
5) cut
down with needle;
6) central line
without cut down;
7) dental
prophylaxis;
8) skin
closure;
9) perform local nerve
blocks;
10) splint
application;
11) female canine
urinary catheterization;
12) fine
needle aspiration;
13) puncture
abscess with needle;
14)
decapitation for rabies tests submission;
15) dehorning calves;
16) docking sheep/pig tails; and
17) urinary catheterization for blocked male
cat.
f) A certified
veterinary technician shall perform the following tasks only under the
indirect, direct or immediate supervision of a veterinarian, as defined in
Section 3 of the Act:
1) IV
catheter;
2) administer
chemotherapy;
3) removal of
sutures, drains or staples;
4)
microchip implant;
5) bandage
application;
6) male canine urinary
catheterization;
7) trim normal
hooves, excluding equine;
8)
necropsy - tissue sample collection;
9) acquire or process radiological
images;
10) venipuncture;
11) obtain objective patient data without
diagnosis;
12)
cystocentesis;
13) process
laboratory samples;
14) bacterial
streak and culture;
15) administer
nonrabies vaccines;
16)
intramuscular and subcutaneous injections;
17) intravenous injections into
uncatheterized or catheterized veins;
18) animal restraint; and
19) humane euthanasia of animals.
g) Tasks not listed in subsections
(d) and (e) may be delegated to a certified veterinary technician by a
supervising veterinarian, as defined in Section 3 of the Act. The level of
supervision by the supervising veterinarian shall be based on the skill,
experience, and competency of the supervising veterinarian and the certified
veterinary technician and in accordance with generally accepted veterinary
medicine practice.
Notes
Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 11180, effective June 30, 1994
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