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Fall announcement:
Dear Valued Clients, Friends and Family,
Hello everyone! I hope you all have had a good summer and have had a chance to enjoy this beautiful fall weather. It will be interesting to see what the winter brings. We are doing well, busy as ever! Drs. Hensen, Lee and myself are getting into a good routine.
We are reaching out now to ask for your help. Our current concern in this election is Proposition 129. As you study the issues and fill out your ballot, we’d like to let you know what we know and what our position is.
Prop 129 would establish a “mid-level” veterinarian called a Veterinary Professional Assistant (VPA). This idea has been a yearly issue in the state legislature for over 15 years and is driven by big corporate medicine as a way to have cheaper labor under the guise of dealing with a “shortage of veterinary care”. This shortage has already been addressed in the marketplace as the veterinary colleges around the country have increased their class sizes and a couple new schools have opened up. Plus, our state legislature and Medical Board of Examiners have revised what duties Veterinary Technicians/Nurses can do, allowing them to legally do more in assisting doctors.
This position is also dangerous because students will receive only online training and no clinical work is required. Since animals cannot speak to us, the hands-on physical exam is the key component to proper care, and this is absent in their training. Additionally, there are no licensing or continued education requirements, and the state medical board has been left out of this discussion.
The Colorado Veterinary Medical Associates, American Veterinary Medical Association and Colorado Tech Association have all come out against this proposition. Well over 60% of CSU Veterinary College clinicians are opposed to this, and over 80% of veterinarians polled in Colorado would not hire one of these graduates.
For more information, go to KeepOurPetsSafe.com or cacvt.org/vpa-position-statement. And if you have any questions, feel free to contact us directly. We are happy to speak with you, and would appreciate you speaking with friends and family to combat big money, out-of-state influence here in Colorado.
Thank you!
Dr. Cor
At Fillmore Veterinary Hospital, we treat your pets like the valued family members they are.