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Panel recommends education requirement for all RVT applicants, votes to repeal out-of-state experience-only pathway
Summary
After two stakeholder meetings that produced mixed input, the committee recommended requiring an education component for all registered veterinary technician (RVT) applicants and voted to repeal a regulation that allowed some applicants to qualify in California solely via an out-of-state registration without specified education.
The RVT subcommittee recommended an important change to registration pathways for registered veterinary technicians: the panel advised that every RVT applicant should be required to demonstrate a component of formal education before obtaining California registration.
Why it matters: Currently California regulation includes an out-of-state registration equivalency pathway (CCR 16 § 2068.6) that has allowed some applicants to obtain registration based primarily on experience and an out-of-state credential. Subcommittee members said stakeholder meetings showed broad agreement on the importance of…
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