Rules relating to the practising of veterinary professions (Notice No. 482 of 2012)

STAATSKOERANT, 8 JUNIE 2012 No. 35414 37 NOTICE 482 OF 2012 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES VETERINARY AND PARA-VETERINARY PROFESSIONS ACT, 1982 (ACT No. 19 OF 1982) RULES RELATING TO THE PRACTISING OF VETERINARY PROFESSIONS It is hereby made known for general information that (a) the South African Veterinary Council has under section 30(1) of the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 19 of 1982), amended the Rules Relating to the Practising of Veterinary Professions published by Government Notice No. R 2086 of 1 October 1982 to the extent set out in the Schedule hereto; and (b) the Minister of Agriculture, has under section 30(3) of the said Act approved the amendment; and (c) the said amendment shall come into operation on date of publication. L HAVINGA, Acting Registrar: South African Veterinary Council SCHEDULE 1. In this Schedule "Rules" means the Rules Relating to the Practising of Veterinary Professions under the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982, published under Government Notice No. R 2086 of 1 October 1982, and any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Rules shall have that meaning, unless the context otherwise indicates. 38 No.35414 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8 JUNE 2012 Amendment of rule 10 1. Rule 10 of the Rules is hereby amended (a) by the replacing subrule 1 0(1) with the following: "1 0(1) Whenever a veterinary professional administers medicine to an animal or subject to the provisions of sub rule (1 A) prescribes the administering thereof, he/she shall satisfy himself that the administering thereof is justified with due allowance for the benefits and risks which that medicine may hold for: (a) the animal to which it is administered; (b) the person by whom it is administered; and (c) the consumer of the products of that animal if residues of the medicine concerned should be present in those products." (b) by inserting subrule 1 0(1 A) and subrule 1 0(1 B) after subrule 1 0(1) "(1A) To tranquillise, sedate, chemically immobilize or anaesthetize wildlife, any schedule 5 or 6 substance must be administered by a veterinary professional personally. (1 B) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub rule (1 A) a veterinary professional may prescribe, sell, donate or make available the following substances or medicines for a single purchase: (i) perphenazine enanthate, (ii) haloperidol, (iii) zuclopenthixol acetate, (iv) diazepam; and (v) azaperone"