As set forth in Section 3 of the Act, supervising veterinarians
assume responsibility for the professional care given to an animal by a person
working under his or her direction in an immediate, direct or indirect
supervision arrangement. This Section sets forth the required levels of
supervision for employees of a licensed veterinarian who are not certified
veterinary technicians and does not apply to individuals exempt from Section 4
of the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 [225 ILCS 115
].
a) Employees of a licensed
veterinarian who are not certified veterinary technicians are prohibited from
performing the following:
1) cut down with
needle;
2) central line without cut
down;
3) dental
extractions;
4) gingival
resection;
5) skin
closure;
6) cast
application;
7) fine needle
aspiration;
8) puncture abscess
with needle;
9) clamping calves'
tails;
10) floating
teeth;
11) castrating any
animal;
12) blocked male cat
urinary catheterization; and
13)
setting of bones.
b)
Employees of a licensed veterinarian who are not certified veterinary
technicians may perform the following only under the 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) dental
prophylaxis;
6) local nerve
blocks;
7) splint
application;
8) female canine
urinary catheterization;
9)
decapitation for rabies test submission;
10) necropsy - tissue sample collection;
and
11) cystocentesis.
c) Employees of a licensed
veterinarian who are not certified veterinary technicians may perform the
following under the immediate or direct supervision of a veterinarian, as
defined in Section 3 of the Act:
1)
administer IV catheter;
2)
administer chemotherapy;
3) remove
sutures, drains or staples;
4)
implant microchips;
5) bandage
application;
6) male canine urinary
catheterization;
7) acquire or
process radiological images;
8)
venipuncture;
9) obtain objective
patient data without diagnosis;
10)
administer nonrabies vaccines;
11)
intramuscular and subcutaneous injections;
12) intravenous injections into
uncatheterized or catheterized veins;
13) docking sheep/pig tails;
14) dehorning calves; and
15) humane euthanasia of animals.
d) Employees of a licensed
veterinarian who are not certified veterinary technicians may perform the
following under the indirect, direct or immediate supervision of a
veterinarian, as defined in Section 3 of the Act:
1) trim normal hooves, excluding
equine;
2) process laboratory
samples;
3) bacterial streak and
culture; and
4) animal
restraint.
