Veterinary Council of New Zealand

The Veterinary Council of New Zealand

manages the registration of veterinarians
promotes and encourages high standards and conduct
hears and determines complaints
exercises disciplinary powers

The Council's functions under Section 75 of the Veterinarians Act are:

to advise and make recommendations to the Minister on any matter relating to veterinarians and the practice of veterinarian science
advise the governing body of any New Zealand University in any matter relating to the education of veterinarians
to promote and encourage high standards of professional education and professional conduct among veterinarians
to consider reciprocal arrangements with registration bodies in other countries
to register persons, issue practising certificates, assess whether persons meet the requirement for continued registration or eligibility for a practising certificate, and peform the other functions relating to registration and practising requirements in accordance with Part 2, including -
- to determine the institutions and the degrees and diplomas offered by those institutions that are recognised for the purposes of section 6(1)(a); and
- to approve assessment programmes, post-graduate study, and post-graduate training for the purposes of section 6(1)(b)(ii) and (iii); and
- to designate branches of veterinary science as branches in which veterinarians may practise as specialists for the purposes of section 7(i); and
- to determine the form and content of applications for the purposes of sections 10(a) and (b) and 24(2)(a) and (b).
to keep and maintain the register and carry out the other functions relating to the register in accordance with Part 2
to receive, investigate, and hear complaints about, inquire into the conduct of, make assessments of, and discipline specified persons under Part 3
to investigate offences and bring prosecutions under the Act
to prescribe minimum standards for practising as a veterinarian, including standards relating to either or both of the following:
- a person's fitness to practise as a veterinarian; and
- the maintenance, examination, or improvement of the overall competence of a veterinarian to practise.
to prescribe -
- examinations for the purposes of section 6(1)(b)(i); and
- the form of the register and the information to be contained in the register under section 22.
to prescribe fees payable for the mattersreferred to in section 97 in accordance with section s98 to 100


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	The Veterinary Council of New Zealand manages the registration of veterinarians promotes and encourages high standards and conduct hears and determines complaints exercises disciplinary powers The Council's functions under Section 75 of the Veterinarians Act are: to advise and make recommendations to the Minister on any matter relating to veterinarians and the practice of veterinarian science advise the governing body of any New Zealand University in any matter relating to the education of veterinarians to promote and encourage high standards of professional education and professional conduct among veterinarians to consider reciprocal arrangements with registration bodies in other countries to register persons, issue practising certificates, assess whether persons meet the requirement for continued registration or eligibility for a practising certificate, and peform the other functions relating to registration and practising requirements in accordance with Part 2, including - to determine the institutions and the degrees and diplomas offered by those institutions that are recognised for the purposes of section 6(1)(a); and to approve assessment programmes, post-graduate study, and post-graduate training for the purposes of section 6(1)(b)(ii) and (iii); and to designate branches of veterinary science as branches in which veterinarians may practise as specialists for the purposes of section 7(i); and to determine the form and content of applications for the purposes of sections 10(a) and (b) and 24(2)(a) and (b). to keep and maintain the register and carry out the other functions relating to the register in accordance with Part 2 to receive, investigate, and hear complaints about, inquire into the conduct of, make assessments of, and discipline specified persons under Part 3 to investigate offences and bring prosecutions under the Act to prescribe minimum standards for practising as a veterinarian, including standards relating to either or both of the following: a person's fitness to practise as a veterinarian; and the maintenance, examination, or improvement of the overall competence of a veterinarian to practise. to prescribe - examinations for the purposes of section 6(1)(b)(i); and the form of the register and the information to be contained in the register under section 22. to prescribe fees payable for the mattersreferred to in section 97 in accordance with section s98 to 100