Since 2020, Colorado’s veterinary community and lawmakers have collaborated to address the demand for more veterinary professionals to meet Colorado’s animal healthcare needs.
Proposition 129 aims to create a new mid-level veterinary position called a veterinary professional associate (VPA.)
COLORADO, USA — Proposition 129 on this year’s Colorado ballot would introduce a new position at the vet’s office called a veterinary professional associate, or VPA.
Animal care groups disagree over whether creating a veterinary associates role will help or hurt industry practices in Colorado. Click here to view the full article.
With so much on the ballot this Nov. 5, it is easy to overlook things. As a veterinarian who has devoted his career to caring for your pets, I wanted to alert you to one item: Proposition 129. Prop 129 seeks to create a new paraprofessional in the veterinary field called a veterinary professional associate. Under […]
For 40 years as a veterinarian, compassionate animal care has been my calling. As a state representative, we have explored the idea of a Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA), in Proposition 129, for three years. After hundreds of hours researching, listening to experts, veterinary economists, the FDA, the USDA, universities, accreditation teams, veterinary liability providers, professional […]
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Dear Editor: In the upcoming election next month there is ballot measure to create a “mid-level veterinary practitioner” in the State of Colorado. This measure is almost uniformly opposed by veterinarians across the state and country including the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Colorado VMA, the Independent Veterinary Practitioners Association, the American College of Veterinary […]
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For more than 40 years, I have committed my life to veterinary medicine, having served on the faculties of leading universities and practicing as an equine veterinarian across the country. Since receiving my doctorate in veterinary medicine from Colorado State University in 1978, I’ve seen the critical importance of rigorous education, extensive hands-on experience and […]