| (b) | A student who is registered in terms of this Act and undergoes practical training may render a particular service deemed in terms of the rules to pertain specially to a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession, if it is so rendered under the supervision and by direction of a person who is registered or deemed to be registered in terms of this Act to practise the profession concerned. |
| (c) | The council may, after consideration of an application by a person not registered or deemed to be registered in terms of this Act, authorise him or her in writing to render, subject to such conditions as the council may determine, for gain a particular service deemed in terms of the rules to pertain specially to a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession. |
[Section 23(1)(c) substituted by section 2(a) of Act No. 13 of 1993]
[Section 23(1) substituted by section 6(a) of Act No. 19 of 1989]
| (2) | For the purposes of this Act the practising of a veterinary profession means— |
| (a) | for gain, directly or indirectly, whether for own account or within the scope of employment with any employer, including the State— |
| (i) | supplying or selling any veterinary medicine as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965), in connection with an animal; or |
| (ii) | rendering any service which in terms of the rules is deemed to pertain specially to a veterinary profession; |
[Words preceding section 23(2)(a)(i) substituted by section 6(b) of Act No. 19 of 1989]
| (b) | holding oneself out as or purporting to be a person practising a veterinary profession or purporting to be registered in terms of this Act or the Veterinary Act, 1933 (Act No. 16 of 1933), to practise a veterinary profession; |
| (c) | using a designation which is reserved in terms of this Act for allocation to persons who are registered or deemed to be registered in terms of this Act, or any other name, title, description, addition or symbol indicating or purporting or creating the impression, or calculated to create the impression, that a person practises a veterinary profession, or is registered or deemed to be registered in terms of this Act, or is otherwise lawfully entitled to practise a veterinary profession; or |
| (d) | performing any act which has as its purpose diagnosing, treating or preventing any pathological or physiological condition in any animal or which constitutes a surgical operation on any animal and is deemed in terms of the rules to pertain specially to a veterinary profession. |
[Section 23(2)(d) substituted by section 4 of Act No. 16 of 2012]
| (3) | For the purposes of this Act any reference in subsection (2)(a)(ii), (b) or (c) to a veterinary profession shall be deemed also to be a reference to a para-veterinary profession. |
[Section 23(3) substituted by section 2(c) of Act No. 13 of 1993]
| (4) | The provisions of subsection (2) do not prohibit a pharmacist registered under the Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974), from performing any act falling within the scope of his or her profession as contemplated in that Act or the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965. |
