Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 19 of 1982)RulesRules relating to the Practising of Veterinary Professions: AmendmentPart V : Minimum standards for veterinary facilities25. General requirements at veterinary facilities |
| (1) | A veterinary facility shall have the necessary facilities in order to ensure that— |
| (a) | a diagnostic service, including imaging diagnosis, can be rendered there or access to such a service is readily available; |
| (b) | an emergency and intensive care service can be rendered there; |
| (c) | a laboratory service for its own requirements can be rendered there, which veterinary facility shall have at its disposal routine equipment including at least a microscope, centrifuge and refractometer, or access to such service; |
| (d) | a pharmacy service for its own requirements can be rendered there, and shall be maintained as well as administered in accordance with relevant legislation; and |
| (e) | post mortem examinations can be done there. |
| (2) | During the consulting hours specified on a notice board the veterinary facility shall be manned by a person registered to practise a veterinary profession. |
| (3) | An animal with a contagious disease shall not be hospitalised at a veterinary facility unless facilities for the isolation thereof exist. |
| (4) | Only routine surgery that is not complicated abdominal, orthopaedic or cardiovascular surgery may be performed at a consulting room. If such routine surgery is performed at a consulting room, the provisions of rule 31(1)(b) shall be complied with. |