REGULATION OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Does the law define the following terms?
• "veterinary medicine";
• "veterinarian";
• "veterinary para-professional"; and
• "community animal health worker".
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2; Interpretations- "Veterinary Officer" means a veterinary surgeon in the employment of the Government
2; Interpretations- “Animal Health Care Service" means a service provided by a veterinary surgeon or animal health facility for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of any animal disease and the preservation of the well being of animals; "Inspector" means a person appointed as an inspector under section fifty-three; "Speciality" means a special field of work or study that a veterinary surgeon specializes in or intends to specialize in; "Specialist" means a person registered as a specialist under section eighteen; "Veterinary practice" means dispensing, performing, giving, or providing any surgical operations, treatment, test, advise, diagnosis or attendance by a veterinary surgeon; "Veterinary profession" means a profession whose member is required to register under section fourteen; "Veterinary Professional" shall be construed accordingly; "Veterinary surgeon" means a person registered as veterinary surgeon under section fourteen.
Does the law establish or designate a veterinary statutory body (VSB) to regulate veterinary professionals?
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Section 3 (extract)- "(1) There is hereby established the Veterinary Association of Zambia. (2) The Association shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have power to do all such acts and things as a body corporate may, by law, do or perform.
8(1); The Board of Veterinary Surgery established under the repealed Act shall continue to exist as if established under this Act and is for purposes of this Act hereby re-named the Veterinary Council of Zambia.(3) The Public Service Commission shall appoint, as public officers, a Director responsible for veterinary services, a Deputy Director responsible for veterinary services, veterinary officers, tsetse control biologists, animal scientists and other staff for the Department, within the Ministry responsible for livestock development, as shall be necessary for the proper administration of this Act.
