The AAVSB Launches Veterinary Care Elite™, the Gold Standard Program for Veterinary Technicians

Kansas City, MO (April 30, 2021) – The American Association of Veterinary State Boards® (AAVSB®) has launched Veterinary Care Elite, a gold standard program for veterinary technicians recognizing those who demonstrate their commitment to performing at the highest level.

Veterinary Care Elite program members are role models for colleagues, highly regarded in their workplace, and sought after by practices looking to hire exemplary professionals. This program benefits the broader veterinary community by identifying those that meet the highest bar. Employers are assured these professionals are of the highest caliber, and clients will take comfort in knowing the best of the best are providing their veterinary care. The AAVSB Member Boards are assured of accurate, up-to-date information regarding their licensees.

The program has kicked off in the United States with the AAVSB Member Board credentialed veterinary technicians, a veterinary professional with the most wide-ranging standards across North America. As veterinary technicians enroll in Veterinary Care Elite, the AAVSB will collect, verify, and store their qualifications and accomplishments, acting as an easily accessible professional repository for the licensee. That repository is housed in the Veterinary Information Verifying Agency® (VIVA®), a secure and comprehensive database of licensing information established by the AAVSB Member Boards in 1994.

By enrolling in Veterinary Care Elite, veterinary technicians agree to maintaining the highest standard of a veterinary professional, including:

• graduating from an AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA accredited program in veterinary technology/nursing,
• passing the Veterinary Technician National Exam® (VTNE®),
• maintaining at least one current credential from an AAVSB Member Board regulating veterinary technicians,
• maintaining credentials in good standing, and
• completing continuing education credits as required by the Veterinary Care Elite program.

“Veterinary Care Elite validates and recognizes the regulated veterinary technicians who have met the profession's highest standards as set by the AAVSB's Member Boards,” commented the AAVSB President Dr. Roger Redman. “The AAVSB will do that by verifying their education, regulation credentials, and professional conduct, affirming its belief that a robust and efficient regulatory process will support and advance the veterinary profession.”

Enrollment in Veterinary Care Elite is currently open to VTNE applicants who are graduating from an accredited program and intend to be credentialed in a United States jurisdiction which regulates veterinary technicians. They will maintain their Enrollee status until they pass the VTNE and become credentialed by an AAVSB Member Board. Once they have been credentialed for a full year with no disciplinary actions, they will be a full Elite member.

Later in 2021, Veterinary Care Elite will open to credentialed veterinary technicians in all the AAVSB Member Board jurisdictions which regulate veterinary technicians.

Learn more at:

VeterinaryCareElite.aavsb.org

Contact:

[email protected]

About the AAVSB: The AAVSB is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen the veterinary regulatory community. The membership of the AAVSB consists of 62 jurisdictions representing all of the United States and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and nine Canadian provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan.