Veterinary Council of New Zealand

Code of Professional Conduct

The Veterinary Council has a number of 'standard setting' functions under the Act. The Code of Professional Conduct is a key document in the setting of professional standards. The principles of expertise, performance, behaviour, integrity and accountability as defined in the Code of Professional Conduct are those expected of competent and reasonable veterinarians in New Zealand.

The Code of Professional Conduct is the essential document by which veterinarians are evaluated in terms of complaints, and by which decisions are made on any professional issues regarding how and why and what veterinarians do.

Click on this link to read the current document: Code of Professional Conduct

Review of the Code of Professional Conduct

Under the 1994 Veterinarians Act the Code was needed to define all aspects of a veterinarian’s performance.

The 2005 Act provided for competency matters to be dealt with by Council in a separate way from discipline matters. This separate competence pathway is now in place.

A joint working party, with representatives from the Council, NZVA, the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Group of NZFSA, MAF and the public is currently developing proposals for a revised Code of Conduct.

Click here to see the working party’s proposals for the veterinary medicines section of the revised code and accompanying explanatory notes and dates and venues for the workshops to explain the proposed changes.

If you are not able to read PDF files you may wish to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, a piece of free software that will allow you to read PDF files.

Or you can email the Council for a copy in Word.

For further information, contact:

The Registrar
Veterinary Council of New Zealand
PO Box 10 563
Wellington 6143
New Zealand
Ph: +64 4 473 9600
Email: registrar@vetcouncil.org.nz


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	Code of Professional Conduct The Veterinary Council has a number of 'standard setting' functions under the Act. The Code of Professional Conduct is a key document in the setting of professional standards. The principles of expertise, performance, behaviour, integrity and accountability as defined in the Code of Professional Conduct are those expected of competent and reasonable veterinarians in New Zealand. The Code of Professional Conduct is the essential document by which veterinarians are evaluated in terms of complaints, and by which decisions are made on any professional issues regarding how and why and what veterinarians do. Click on this link to read the current document: Code of Professional Conduct Review of the Code of Professional Conduct Under the 1994 Veterinarians Act the Code was needed to define all aspects of a veterinarian’s performance. The 2005 Act provided for competency matters to be dealt with by Council in a separate way from discipline matters. This separate competence pathway is now in place. A joint working party, with representatives from the Council, NZVA, the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Group of NZFSA, MAF and the public is currently developing proposals for a revised Code of Conduct. Click here to see the working party’s proposals for the veterinary medicines section of the revised code and accompanying explanatory notes and dates and venues for the workshops to explain the proposed changes. If you are not able to read PDF files you may wish to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, a piece of free software that will allow you to read PDF files. Or you can email the Council for a copy in Word. For further information, contact: The Registrar Veterinary Council of New Zealand PO Box 10 563 Wellington 6143 New Zealand Ph: +64 4 473 9600 Email: registrar@vetcouncil.org.nz