Vet Tech Scope of Practice by State
What a credentialed veterinary technician, and an unlicensed assistant, may do in each state — inducing anesthesia, dental extractions, suturing, euthanasia, rabies vaccination and more — and under which level of veterinarian supervision, summarized from that state’s own practice act and board rules. Where a state’s text does not name a task, its page says so rather than guessing. Each page carries its own citations and a “last verified” date. Rules change — confirm the current text with the board before relying on it.
AlabamaTask list by supervision levelAlaskaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentArizonaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentArkansasGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentCaliforniaTask list by supervision levelColoradoTask list by supervision levelConnecticutThe practice act is silent on delegationDelawareGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentFloridaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentGeorgiaTask list by supervision levelHawaiiTask list by supervision levelIdahoGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentIllinoisTask list by supervision levelIndianaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentIowaTask list by supervision levelKansasGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentKentuckyGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentLouisianaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentMaineGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentMassachusettsGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentMichiganGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentMinnesotaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentMississippiGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentMissouriTask list by supervision levelMontanaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgmentNebraskaTask list by supervision levelNevadaTask list by supervision levelNew HampshireTask list by supervision levelNew JerseyGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment
A state missing from this list has not been researched and written up yet. It is not a statement about that state’s rules.