These include, but are not limited to, the cost of uniforms, accessories, and travel to clinical assignments. Students are also responsible for state licensure and national accreditation application and testing fees. A strict dress code is required in the clinical setting. Students may be dismissed if they fail to comply with this dress code. Students must provide their own transportation to clinical assignments.
Strict attendance is required at clinical sites.
However, after demonstrating proficiency, students may be permitted to perform specified procedures under careful supervision. Veterinary Technology students may be employed in clinical facilities outside regular education hours provided that such work does not interfere with academic responsibilities. All courses in the program major must be completed with a grade of C or better before taking the next course in the sequence, unless waived by the division chair upon the recommendation of the program head. All courses in the major must be taken in the sequence prescribed in the NVCC Catalog, unless otherwise approved by the program head. Program faculty and clinical affiliates reserve the right to recommend, through appropriate channels, withdrawal of any student who neither exhibits safe performance nor adheres to prescribed clinical affiliate policies and procedures.