ISVMA Practice Survey
ISVMA is collecting information from every practice in the state in an effort to update our database and to enhance our communications capabilities with member practices. Click Here to take the survey.

Legislative Relations Survey ISVMA is still trying to identify veterinarians who have a relationship with one or more of the 177 members of the Illinois General Assembly. click here...

ISVMA Makes Resources Available to Help Implement the New Sales Tax Regulation

If you wish to have copies of the handouts provided at the ISVMA Tax Seminars and/or you wish to review sample letters for changing your registration status or notifying your suppliers that you will only be purchasing from registered suppliers the information is available on the ISVMA website.

ISVMA Board Forwards ISVMA Constitutional Amendment to Members for Vote at Annual Meeting

The ISVMA Board of Directors voted to forward for member consideration an amendment to the ISVMA Constitution. The amendment's primary change is the addition of a membership category for veterinary technicians. ISVMA members will vote on the amendment at the ISVMA Annual Meeting on November 7, 2008.

A copy of the amendment and a summary of the changes it proposes are available for download by clicking on the underlined links. Anything that is underlined in the proposed amendment is language that would be added to the existing ISVMA Constitution if the amendment is approved. Anything that is struck through would be deleted.

The proposed Constitutional Amendment is the outcome of the diligence and careful consideration of the ISVMA Governance Task Force co-chaired by Dr. Cecil Ingmire and Dr. Scott Keller. The Task Force worked for months to develop a recommendation to the ISVMA Board of Directors on how ISVMA could be position itself to represent the veterinary profession in the future. The other task force members included: Dr. Michael Biehl; Dr. Wesley Bieritz; Ms. Dena Chiddister; Ms. Caroline Miskell, CVT; Ms. Joann Stewart; and Ms. Jan Walters, CVT. The Task Force prepared a report to the ISVMA Board of Directors, excerpts from which provide some background on the recommendation.

The Task Force focused on how ISVMA could best accomplish its mission of "Advancing the well-being of the veterinary profession, animals, the public and the environment."