Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 19 of 1982)30. Rules |
| (a) | the services which shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be services pertaining specially to a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession; |
| (b) | the course of conduct to be followed by students; |
| (c) | the course of conduct to be followed by persons practising a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession; |
| (d) | requirements to be complied with in connection with the advertising of the practice of a person practising a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession, including requirements relating to name-plates and signboards, speeches, lectures and interviews, publications in the lay press and printing on letterheads and prescription and account forms; |
| (e) | the minimum standards for consulting rooms, clinics, animal hospitals or other places at or from which a veterinary profession or a para-veterinary profession is practised; |
| (f) | canvassing or touting of clients, tendering of services, professional appointments, consultations, concealment, supersession and intrusion, professional secrecy and undermining or prejudicing colleagues or the authority of the council by persons who are registered or deemed to be registered in terms of this Act; and |
| (g) | any matter which the council deems necessary or expedient for the achievement or promotion of its objects or for the exercise of its powers or for the performance of its functions. |
| (2) | Different rules may be made in terms of subsection (1) in respect of different veterinary professions and para-veterinary professions. |
| (3) | No rule made in terms of subsection (1) or any amendment or withdrawal thereof shall be of force and effect until approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette by the registrar. |