| Committee of Jurisdiction: | Health and Human Services |
| Occupation Regulated: | Temporary Veterinary Technician |
| Occupational Board: | Board of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery |
| Contact: | Nicole Barrett |
| Purpose: | A temporary veterinary technician license allows graduates of approved veterinary technician programs to begin practicing while waiting for notification of passing the required examination for licensure and allows veterinary technicians moving to Nebraska from other states/jurisdictions to begin practicing pending completion of the licensure process. The temporary veterinary technician license can be issued for up to one year. |
| Regulated Professionals: | 4 |
| Year Created: | 2016 |
| Year Active: | 2016 |
| Sunset Date: | N/A |
| Statutory Authorization: | Board §§ 38-3319; 38-3320; Temporary Veterinary Technician § 38-3325 |
| Parent Agency: | Department of Health and Human Services |
| Number of Members: | 5 (currently the public member position is vacant) |
| Who Appoints: | State Board of Health |
| Legislative Approval: | No |
| Qualifications of Members: | Three licensed veterinarians, one licensed veterinary technician, and one public member |
| Per Diem: | Yes |
| Expense Reimbursement: | Yes |
| Term Length: | Terms of 5 years; up to 2 consecutive full 5-year terms |
| Terms Rotate or Expire at Once: | Terms Rotate |
| Required FY 2024-2023: | 1 |
| Held FY 2024-2023: | 4 |
| Required FY 2023-2022: | 1 |
| Held FY 2023-2022: | 4 |
| Required FY 2022-2021: | 1 |
| Held FY 2022-2021: | 3 |
| Required FY 2021-2020: | 1 |
| Held FY 2021-2020: | 4 |
| Required FY 2020-2019: | 1 |
| Held FY 2020-2019: | 4 |
| Support Staff: | 3 (Program Manager, Health Licensing Coordinator, Administrative Technician) |
| Shared or Separate: | Shared |
| FY 2024-2023 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2023-2022 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2022-2021 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2021-2020 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2020-2019 Budget: | 0 |
| Other Funding Sources: | None |
| Spending Authority: | Licensure fees are deposited into the designated cash fund. Additional info sent to the Committee. |
| Government Certificates Issued: | 43 |
| Issued Certificate Descriptions: | DHHS' licensing system was unfortunately not designed to query by individual license type for a specified period of time and would require additional programming to narrow the data for this request. Same as purpose above. |
| Government Certificates Revoked: | 0 |
| Revoked Certificate Descriptions: | n/a |
| Government Certificates Denied: | 0 |
| Denied Certificate Descriptions: | n/a |
| Government Certificates Penalties Against: | 0 |
| Penalty Certificate Descriptions: | n/a |
| Explanation of Effectiveness: | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/SurveyDocs/explanation1725388178.pdf |
| Potential Harm | If temporary veterinary technicians are no longer regulated, unlicensed assistants are currently authorized by regulations 172 NAC 180 to perform certain delegated animal health care tasks under the supervision of a veterinarian. However, these unlicensed assistants are performing lower-level tasks and do not provide the level of assurance to the public that comes with required training and competency assessment. The veterinarian would be ultimately responsible for the care of an animal. |
| Regulation Comparison: | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/SurveyDocs/comparison1725388178.pdf |
| Subject to Regulations of Act(LB407): | Yes |
| Survey Submitted: | September 3, 2024 01:29 PM |