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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 level AlaskaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment ArizonaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment ArkansasGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment CaliforniaTask list by supervision level ColoradoTask list by supervision level ConnecticutThe practice act is silent on delegation DelawareGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment FloridaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment GeorgiaTask list by supervision level HawaiiTask list by supervision level IdahoGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment IllinoisTask list by supervision level IndianaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment IowaTask list by supervision level KansasGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment KentuckyGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment LouisianaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment MaineGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment MarylandTask list by supervision level MassachusettsGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment MichiganGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment MinnesotaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment MississippiGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment MissouriTask list by supervision level MontanaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment NebraskaTask list by supervision level NevadaTask list by supervision level New HampshireTask list by supervision level New JerseyGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment New MexicoGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment New YorkGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment North CarolinaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment North DakotaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment OhioTask list by supervision level OklahomaTask list by supervision level OregonTask list by supervision level PennsylvaniaTask list by supervision level Rhode IslandGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment South CarolinaTask list by supervision level South DakotaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment TennesseeGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment TexasTask list by supervision level UtahGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment VermontGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment VirginiaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment WashingtonTask list by supervision level Washington, DCGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment West VirginiaGeneral delegation to the veterinarian's judgment WisconsinTask list by supervision level WyomingGeneral 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.

How to earn the credential in the first place is covered in vet tech requirements by state, and open roles are on the vet tech job board.

Hiring a Vet Assistant or Tech? Delegation Rules by State

Each state page above splits the same eleven tasks between a credentialed technician and an unlicensed assistant, from that state's own practice act and rules. Use your state's page to decide what you can hand to an uncredentialed assistant, and check who may use the technician title before you write the job posting.

Hiring uncredentialed vet techs and assistants →How to hire a veterinary technician →What a practice manager can delegate, and to whom →