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VETERINARY SURGEONS REGULATIONS 1979 - REG 2

2 .         Terms used in these regulations

        (1)         In these regulations —

        approved form means a form approved by the Board, or if no form is approved, in writing;

        form means a form set out in Schedule 1;

        owner , in relation to the animal, means —

            (a)         an owner of the animal; or

            (b)         a person who is responsible for the ongoing health and welfare of the animal;

        pastoral region means the whole of the State other than —

            (a)         the South‑West division of the State as described in the Land Administration Act 1997 Schedule 1; and

            (b)         the local government districts of Esperance and Ravensthorpe;

        prescribe a scheduled drug means —

            (a)         prescribe a scheduled drug; or

            (b)         sign a written order for the purposes of the Poisons Regulations 1965 regulation 39A;

        scheduled drug means a poison included in the Poisons Act 1964 Schedule 4 or 8;

        trainee veterinary nurse means a person who —

            (a)         is enrolled in a course approved for the purposes of section 26E(1) of the Act; and

            (b)         has been authorised under section 26(4)(b) of the Act to perform the duties and veterinary services of a trainee veterinary nurse;

        veterinary student means a student referred to in section 26(4)(a) of the Act.

        (2)         For the purposes of paragraph (e) of the definition of “veterinary surgery” in section 2 of the Act, the following acts, matters, procedures and things are prescribed as forming part of the practice of veterinary surgery —

            (a)         examination for pregnancy by rectal palpation or rectal probe and ovarian examination per rectum;

            (b)         acupuncture procedures;

            (c)         ova or embryo transplants;

            (d)         artificial insemination by surgical (laparoscopic) method;

            (e)         uterine swabbing of mares.

        [Regulation 2 inserted in Gazette 20 Mar 2007 p. 1009‑10; amended in Gazette 19 Oct 2007 p. 5609.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 20 Mar 2007 p. 1007.]



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