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This petition is intended to help protect the pet owner and consumer from inaccurate information and educate regarding proposed regulations for providing animal physical rehabilitation in California
The proposed legislative language by the California Veterinary Medical Board (CVMB) is intended to protect the consumer and the pet from illegal activity. The CVMB is proposing only a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) or a state licensed Physical Therapist (PT) be allowed perform animal physical rehabilitation under the direct supervision of a veterinarian who is managing the medical needs of the patient. This means the veterinarian would need to be physically in the building and is responsible for the pet's well-being when treatment is performed.
The Physical Therapy Board (PTB) opposes this because they feel indirect access to your pet is more appropriate to deliver care. Indirect access means a veterinarian is not required to physically be present.
Concern lie not with the Physical Therapist and their specialized skills, but with assessment of concurrent medical conditions (ex. bladder infections, thyroid disease) or signs of pain.
Without a veterinarian directly supervising physical rehabilitation:
- Urgent care would not be available if a medical emergency arises
- Appropriate and immediate adjustments to pain medications could not be made
- Medical questions would not be answered at the time of an appointment
- Additional testing (including radiographs or diagnosis of a new medical condition) cannot occur
- Treatment plan development and decisions could not be discussed before being implemented
The CVMB and colleagues working in the field of veterinary physical rehabilitation highly respect the advanced and specialized training the Physical Therapist brings to the team effort and do NOT wish to eliminate them from patient care. Veterinarians, Physical Therapists, and Credentialed Veterinary Technicians attend post-graduate education programs side-by-side, each bringing a unique skill set should be working together closely.
The veterinary community needs your support in protecting your pets and the integrity of veterinary medicine and its specialties. Please sign the following petition with a YES to voice your desire to have a veterinarian on the premises during animal physical rehabilitative treatment by a rehabilitation-trained veterinarian, RVT or PT.
Thank You for your valuable time.
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Updates
August 29, 2015
I just saw we hit two hundred and fifty signatures and I honestly cannot believe it because this started as such a small idea in my head. It feels like people really get why we need that veterinarian in the room during rehab sessions even if the board is pulling in a different direction lately. Thank you for sticking with me while we figure out how to navigate these complicated regulations for our pets.
Reached 250 supporters
August 28, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 28, 2015
24 Comments
Please DO NOT SIGN this petition until you really understand the implications. I urge you to read my below comments before signing!! We do need regulation, but not monopolization.
The consumers, most vets in attendance, physical therapists, and other healing arts professionals spoke loud and clear in today's public hearing in Sacramento. There was clear majority of opposition which cannot be ignored!
Thank you everyone for your support! The petition will be submitted to the CA VMB tomorrow morning and will formally close by 4:49:49pm 9/10/15. A final copy of signatures will be emailed to the CA VMB by the 5:00pm deadline.
Hell no!!!!!!! Where's the other petition to sign for this NOT to happen? Time to leave California if this is the case. Especially in the case where pets are "property" in this state-there should be no governance here in where I take my pet family member to be treated.
I have been undergoing physical therapy for over 2.5 years with a fantastic RVT who is directly supervised by a veterinarian on the premises. Based on my extensive experience, I would not want to have physical therapy in an unsupervised environment for all the reasons stated in the petition. I do not think I would be safe for me and I deserve to be treated in the best environment possible. Please support the new proposed law to protect innocent animals like me.
Since 2010 the VMB Multi Disciplinary Committee has been working with the CVMA task force to establish guidelines and evaluate Animal Rehabilitation in California. They have reported several times to the VMB of their findings, including two public meetings in January and April of this year, 2015. For a detailed and accurate representation of information please visit the page: http://www.vmb.ca.gov/laws_regs/arehab_isr.pdf This will give you factual information regarding what has transpired over the last 5 years and reasons behind the decisions we see in Title 16. division 20. article 4 CCR section 2038.5 Thank you for the support of this important legislation to safeguard the direct role of the veterinarian in Animal Rehabilitation.
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION. The proposed dialog exhibits no clarification regarding qualifications of persons, RVTs, PTs, and Veterinarians, performing animal rehabilitation. Thus, the proposed language does nothing to offer more to protection for the consumer and patient. Effectively, the proposed language would condemn many licensed professionals who have been working in the arena of AR - without being supervised by a veterinarian – for many years. Citing AR as being “harmful if not supervised by a veterinarian”, but not clarifying the AR qualifications of the supervising veterinarian, NOR accepting the competency of the RVT/PT, does not make sense for the purpose intended. Citing that AR can only be performed by a California licensed Veterinarian, Registered Veterinary Technician, Physical Therapist, but not clarifying the competency requirements – also does not make sense for the intended purpose.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
This petition is intended to help protect the pet owner and consumer from inaccurate information and educate regarding proposed regulations for providing animal physical rehabilitation in California
The proposed legislative language by the California Veterinary Medical Board (CVMB) is intended to protect the consumer and the pet from illegal activity. The CVMB is proposing only a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) or a state licensed Physical Therapist (PT) be allowed perform animal physical rehabilitation under the direct supervision of a veterinarian who is managing the medical needs of the patient. This means the veterinarian would need to be physically in the building and is responsible for the pet's well-being when treatment is performed.
The Physical Therapy Board (PTB) opposes this because they feel indirect access to your pet is more appropriate to deliver care. Indirect access means a veterinarian is not required to physically be present.
Concern lie not with the Physical Therapist and their specialized skills, but with assessment of concurrent medical conditions (ex. bladder infections, thyroid disease) or signs of pain.
Without a veterinarian directly supervising physical rehabilitation:
- Urgent care would not be available if a medical emergency arises
- Appropriate and immediate adjustments to pain medications could not be made
- Medical questions would not be answered at the time of an appointment
- Additional testing (including radiographs or diagnosis of a new medical condition) cannot occur
- Treatment plan development and decisions could not be discussed before being implemented
The CVMB and colleagues working in the field of veterinary physical rehabilitation highly respect the advanced and specialized training the Physical Therapist brings to the team effort and do NOT wish to eliminate them from patient care. Veterinarians, Physical Therapists, and Credentialed Veterinary Technicians attend post-graduate education programs side-by-side, each bringing a unique skill set should be working together closely.
The veterinary community needs your support in protecting your pets and the integrity of veterinary medicine and its specialties. Please sign the following petition with a YES to voice your desire to have a veterinarian on the premises during animal physical rehabilitative treatment by a rehabilitation-trained veterinarian, RVT or PT.
Thank You for your valuable time.
Updates
August 29, 2015
I just saw we hit two hundred and fifty signatures and I honestly cannot believe it because this started as such a small idea in my head. It feels like people really get why we need that veterinarian in the room during rehab sessions even if the board is pulling in a different direction lately. Thank you for sticking with me while we figure out how to navigate these complicated regulations for our pets.
Reached 250 supporters
August 28, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 28, 2015
24 Comments
I do not agree or support this as it would severely restrict cheaper access to alternative health care and also affect thousands of jobs. Do NOT support as I stated in my comment but clearly that does not show up as a negative when you sign this petition. DON'T SIGN IT!
Please DO NOT SIGN this petition until you really understand the implications. I urge you to read my below comments before signing!! We do need regulation, but not monopolization.
The consumers, most vets in attendance, physical therapists, and other healing arts professionals spoke loud and clear in today's public hearing in Sacramento. There was clear majority of opposition which cannot be ignored!
Thank you everyone for your support! The petition will be submitted to the CA VMB tomorrow morning and will formally close by 4:49:49pm 9/10/15. A final copy of signatures will be emailed to the CA VMB by the 5:00pm deadline.
Hell no!!!!!!! Where's the other petition to sign for this NOT to happen? Time to leave California if this is the case. Especially in the case where pets are "property" in this state-there should be no governance here in where I take my pet family member to be treated.
I have been undergoing physical therapy for over 2.5 years with a fantastic RVT who is directly supervised by a veterinarian on the premises. Based on my extensive experience, I would not want to have physical therapy in an unsupervised environment for all the reasons stated in the petition. I do not think I would be safe for me and I deserve to be treated in the best environment possible. Please support the new proposed law to protect innocent animals like me.
Since 2010 the VMB Multi Disciplinary Committee has been working with the CVMA task force to establish guidelines and evaluate Animal Rehabilitation in California. They have reported several times to the VMB of their findings, including two public meetings in January and April of this year, 2015. For a detailed and accurate representation of information please visit the page: http://www.vmb.ca.gov/laws_regs/arehab_isr.pdf This will give you factual information regarding what has transpired over the last 5 years and reasons behind the decisions we see in Title 16. division 20. article 4 CCR section 2038.5 Thank you for the support of this important legislation to safeguard the direct role of the veterinarian in Animal Rehabilitation.
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION. The proposed dialog exhibits no clarification regarding qualifications of persons, RVTs, PTs, and Veterinarians, performing animal rehabilitation. Thus, the proposed language does nothing to offer more to protection for the consumer and patient. Effectively, the proposed language would condemn many licensed professionals who have been working in the arena of AR - without being supervised by a veterinarian – for many years. Citing AR as being “harmful if not supervised by a veterinarian”, but not clarifying the AR qualifications of the supervising veterinarian, NOR accepting the competency of the RVT/PT, does not make sense for the purpose intended. Citing that AR can only be performed by a California licensed Veterinarian, Registered Veterinary Technician, Physical Therapist, but not clarifying the competency requirements – also does not make sense for the intended purpose.
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I do not agree or support this as it would severely restrict cheaper access to alternative health care and also affect thousands of jobs. Do NOT support as I stated in my comment but clearly that does not show up as a negative when you sign this petition. DON'T SIGN IT!