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Dr Herbert SCHNEIDERAGRIVET International Namibia

Chairman : OIE ad hoc Group on Veterinary Services

The Importance o Stren!thenin! the

"rivate Veterinary Sector and the

National Veterinary Statutory #odies$VS#%&

Capacity building to support

strengthening of veterinary legislation

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There is an ur!ent need to or!e closer

relationships and establish lin'a!es bet(een

the oicial and private veterinary sectors in

order to eectively and rapidly respond to

animal disease and )oonoses outbrea's& O I E G

l o b a l C o n e r e n c e o n V e t e r i n a r y

* e ! i s l a t i o n

"ublic + "rivate Veterinary "artnerships

STRENGT,ENING T,E "RIVATE

VETERINAR- SECTOR

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Such partnerships. as (ell as an increased role or

veterinary paraproessionals $V""/s% in surveillance.

early disease detection and monitorin! and rapid

response actions calls or capacity buildin! at all

levels. to meet the demands posed& O I E G

l o b a l C o n e r e n c

e o n V e t e r i n a r y


"ublic + "rivate Veterinary "artnerships


VETERINAR- SECTOR

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Animal health and veterinary services. bein! a !lobal

!ood. re0uire !lobal initiatives and collective

international action to be able to implement !lobal

animal disease $includin! )oonoses% eradication&

O I E G




Global "ublic Good


VETERINAR- SECTOR

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The application o the 1One 2orld + One ,ealth3 strate!y at the

animal4human interace (ill stren!then veterinary capacity to

meet this challen!e& Today/s public demands pertain speciicallyto societal needs such as

ood saety and public health5

combatin! emer!in! or re4emer!in! diseases. especially

)oonoses (ith the necessary disease surveillance and

mana!ement o ris's5

ood security and animal production to address the everincreasin! states o human malnutrition and poverty5

sae!uardin! biodiversity and addressin! environmental

mana!ement and sustainability5 and

bio4security and meetin! threats o bio4terrorism

O I E G




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Veterinary Services

T A , C

6 e i n i t i o n s

T A , C

6 e i n i t i o n s

TA,C 6einitionsTA,C 6einitions

6E7INITIONS6E7INITIONS

“means the !overnmental and non4!overnmental

or!anisations that implement animal health and welfaremeasures and other standards and recommendations in

the Terrestrial Code and the OIE Aquatic Animal Health

Code in the territory. The Veterinary Services are under

the overall control and direction o the Veterinary

Authority. Private sector oranisations! veterinarians!

veterinary paraprofessionals or aquatic animal health

professionals are normally accredited or approved "y the

#eterinary Authority to deliver the deleated functions.


VETERINAR- SECTOR 4 6E7INITIONS

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Veterinary Authority

T A , C

6 e i n i t i o n s

T A , C

6 e i n i t i o n s

TA,C 6einitionsTA,C 6einitions6E7INITIONS6E7INITIONS

“means the Governmental Authority of an OIE $em"er!

comprisin veterinarians! other professionals and para%

professionals! havin the responsi"ility and competence

for ensurin or supervisin the implementation of animal

health and welfare measures! international veterinary

certification and other standards and recommendations in

the Terrestrial Code in the whole territory.


VETERINAR- SECTOR


VETERINAR- SECTOR 4 6E7INITIONS

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The 0uality o the Veterinary Services depends on a

set o actors. (hich include undamental principles

o an ethical. or!anisational. le!islative. re!ulatory

and technical nature& The Veterinary Services shall

conorm to these undamental principles.

re!ardless o the political. economic or social

situation o their country&

Compliance (ith these undamental principles by

the VS o an OIE 8ember is important to the

establishment and maintenance o conidence in its

international veterinary certiicates by the #& o

other OIE 8embers

S t a n d

a r d s o n t h e 9 u

a l i t y o V S

S t a n d

a r d s o n t h e 9 u

a l i t y o V S

TA,C STAN6AR6S ON T,E 9A*IT- O7

VETERINAR- SERVICES $VS%

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The Veterinary "ublic + "rivate "artnershipThe Veterinary "ublic + "rivate "artnership

T h e V e t e r i n

a r y " u b l i c + " r

i v a t e * i n ' a ! e s

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To successully address and meet these challen!es

it is important that veterinary associations ;or!ani)ations are established to or!ani)e veterinary

proessionals. bein! in public and private service. in

a country in a representative and consultative orum&

This also applies to veterinary paraproessionals "

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r y S e c t o r Veterinary Or!ani)ations ; Associations


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8ain responsibilities ocus on

the ormal representation o veterinary proession in

consultations and discussions5

the enterin! into ormal reco!nition a!reements5

supportin! and promotin! public4private veterinarypartnerships5

the 0uality perormance o veterinary proessional services

rendered5 and

the provision o acilities;platorms or continuous proessional

development $C"6%&

Such proessional or!ani)ations;associations should

operate (ithin a le!ally deined constitutional

rame(or'. based on e& !& democratic and transparent

administrative procedures. includin! non4

discriminatory membership provisions and inancial

accountability&

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In this conte<t it is also considered important that VS build

ormal lin's (ith individual private veterinarians and

veterinary para4proessionals& Such lin's could ta'e the

orm o le!al contracts or the provision o speciic

services such as disease monitorin! and surveillance.

animal vaccination. ood inspection and disease

prevention and control& Such service contracts should be

(ithin a common la( rame(or'. dependin! on the le!al

system o the country in 0uestion&

An e<ample o such ormal lin'a!e (ith privateveterinarians is the 1Sanitary 8andate3 in 7rance&

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The core elements o Good Veterinary Governance

are intimately lin'ed to the universal acceptance o a

veterinary proession $and not an occupation% since

the introduction o ormal veterinary education in=>?= $*yon. 7rance%&

The deinition o 1 profession3 is thus the most

elementary le!al concept pertainin! to the veterinary

proession& "


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CA"ACIT- #I*6ING ACTIVITIES

#-T,E "RIVATE VETERINAR- SECTOR

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A proession is:

"A profession is a disciplined group of individuals wo adere to ig etical

standards and upold te!selves to and are accepted by te public as possessing special #nowledge and s#ills in a widely recognised body of

learning derived fro! researc education and training at a ig level and

wo are prepared to e$ercise tis #nowledge and tese s#ills in te interest

of oters%

It is inerent in te definition of a profession tat a code of etics governs te

activities of eac profession% Suc codes re&uire beaviours and practice

beyond te personal !oral obligations of an individual%

'ey define and de!and ig standards of beaviour in respect to te services

provided to te public and in dealing wit professional colleagues% (urter

tese codes are enforced by te profession and are ac#nowledged and

accepted by te co!!unity%)

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1Australian Code o "roessional Conduct3

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In order to address the demands or 0uality o

veterinarians in the private sector. veterinary proessional

or!anisations have ta'en the lead to ormulate protocols

and !uidelines or 0uality mana!ement systems or

veterinary practices and clinics. based on a Code o Good

Veterinary "ractice $GV"%& " r i v a t e V e t e r i n a

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1Code o Good Veterinary "ractice3 $GV"%

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9uality mana!ement systems are modern instruments o

the ree4mar'et system. relectin! the clients;consumers

needs or transparency and conidence re!ardin! the

services provided meetin! hi!h levels o ethical behaviour

and proessional competence&

,o(ever the concept is not ne( at all. as the latter (as

already addressed circa @> years a!o by Bin!

,ammurabi o #abylon (hen he de!reed under te<t @@ o

the Code o ,ammurabi * if $the veterinary sur!eon +

perfor!s a serious operation on an ass or o$ and #ill it

e sall pay te owner one,fourt of Its value)%


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Such Codes o GV" have been introduced. durin! the start4

up phases mostly on a voluntary basis. becomin!compulsory at a later sta!e. by national veterinary

or!ani)ations $e& !& the Ne( Dealand Veterinary Council +

Code of -rofessional Conduct for Veterinarians% or have

been ormulated on a re!ional level $e& !& by the 7ederation

o Veterinarians in Europe 4 (VE European Veterinary Code

of Conduct %&

Such Codes o GV" have substantially contributed to GVG

in the private veterinary sector&


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O

I E

T A , C

S t a n

d a r d s

The TA,CThe TA,C

The 'uality of Veterinary Services$VS% and thus Good Veterinary

Governance $GVG% depend on OIE

International &tandards which are

availa"le as and contained in the

Terrestrial Animal ,ealth Code$TA,C%.

available at

http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/

en_sommaire.htm

Chapter &=& + Veterinary Services

Chapter &@& 4 Evaluation o Veterinary Services

Chapter &=& + Veterinary Services

Chapter &@& 4 Evaluation o Veterinary Services

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The most important sin!le issue in dealin! (ith

any o the previous mentioned activities relatin! to

the 9uality o the VS in compliance (ith the TA,C.

is to deine a veterinarian and a veterinary para4

proessional $V""% 6 e i n i t i o n s

6 e i n i t i o n s

TA,C 6einitionsTA,C 6einitionsThe TA,CThe TA,C

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Veterinarian

means a person re!istered or licensed by the

relevant veterinary statutory body o a country to

practice veterinary medicine;science in that

country& 6 e i n i t i o n s

6 e i n i t i o n s


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Veterinary para4proessional $V""%

means a person (ho. or the purposes o the

Terrestrial Code. is authorised by the veterinarystatutory body to carry out certain desi!nated tas's

$dependent upon the cate!ory o veterinary para4

proessional% in a territory. and dele!ated to them

under the responsibility and direction o a

veterinarian& The tas's or each cate!ory oveterinary para4proessional should be deined by

the veterinary statutory body dependin! on

0ualiications and trainin!. and accordin! to need&

6 e i n i t i o n s

6 e i n i t i o n s


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Veterinary para4proessional $V""%

The use o the term 1para4veterinarian3 or 1para4

vet3 should be avoided and the term V"" be usedinstead. as 1para4vet3 has a ne!ative connotation

such as 1pseudo4vet35 10uasi4vet3 or 1bareoot vet3&

E<amples o veterinary para4proessionals (ould

include veterinary nurses. veterinary technicians.

community4based animal health (or'ers. oodinspectors. animal health technicians. livestoc'

inspectors etc&&

6 e i n i t i o n s

6 e i n i t i o n s


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Oicial veterinarians

6 e i n i t i o n s

6 e i n i t i o n s


deined in the OIE Code as 1means a veterinarian

authorised by the Veterinary Authority o thecountry to perorm certain desi!nated oicial tas's

associated (ith animal health and;or public health

and inspections o commodities and. (hen

appropriate. to certiy in conormity (ith the

provisions o Chapters &=& and &@& o theTerrestrial Code&3

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Veterinary Statutory #ody

6 e i n i t i o n s

6 e i n i t i o n s

TA,C 6einitionsTA,C 6einitionsThe VS#The VS#

means an autonomous authority re!ulatin!veterinarians and veterinary para,

professionals

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T h e V S #

O b F e c t i v e s a n

d u n c t i o n s

ObFectives and unctions

are described in TA,C

Chapter &@

Article (.).*)

The VS#The VS#

Ta'in! note o the OIE TA,C standards. theestablishment o a VS# in a country is

considered to be a necessity or the

proession AS A 2,O*E&

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The authority o the VS# re!ardin! licensin! ;

re!istration o veterinarians and veterinary para4

proessionals

The VS#The VS#

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V""s re!ulated by the VS# and theirrelationship to veterinarians

The VS#The VS#

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T h e V S # O b F e c t i v e s a n

d u n c t i o n s

The VS# : ObFectives H 7unctionsThe VS# : ObFectives H 7unctions

to reulate veterinarians and veterinary para%

professionals throuh licensin! and;or re!istration of

such persons+

to determine the minimum standards o education,initial and continuin- required for derees! diplomas

and certificates entitlin the holders thereof to "e

reistered as veterinarians and veterinary para%

professionals+

to determine the standards o proessional conduct

of veterinarians and veterinary para%professionals and

to ensure these standards are met.

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T h e V

e t e r i n a r y S t a t u

t o r y # o d y

Chapter &@. article &@&=@ o the TA,C deals specifically

with the evaluation of the #& and defines the respective

standards

VS#sVS#s have "een in e/istence in many countries for many years! with wide variations in leal "asis+

autonomy+ o"0ectives+ authority+ functions and

responsi"ilities! composition+ administrative procedures

etc.

,o(ever. in 0uiet a number o countries there is

no VS# at all.

The VS#The VS#

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V S # T e r m i n o

l o ! y

The VS# 1Name3The VS# 1Name3

e it called a “#eterinary Council1 or a

“#eterinary oard1 or "y any other name! the

esta"lishment of a #& in a iven country

depends on the political2administrative systemsin place.

Hence it may "e for e/ample a national "ody or

it may "e a state or provincial "ody with an

um"rella #& at national2federal level!

dependin the particularities of the #& in the

country.

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T h e V

e t e r i n a r y S t a t u

t o r y # o d y

In summary. a VS#

is established by la(. should be autonomous. has a democratically elected membership

representin! the (hole spectrum o the

proession. determines minimum standards o veterinary

education. sets standards or proessional perormance and

ethical behavior and licenses;re!isters veterinarians and V""s (hich

also implies the authority to (ithdra( such

licenses and de4re!ister ollo(in! breaches o

proessional conduct or ethical behavior&

VS# 4 SummaryVS# 4 Summary

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=& provide ena"lin national le!islation or theestablishment o an autonomous

1Veterinary Statutory #ody1 with clearly

defined powers and o"0ectives to re!ulate

the veterinary proession as a (hole in

accordance with OIE standards as

contained and referred to in article (.).*) of

the TAHC

C o n c l u s i o n

2ithin the conte<t o this Conerence

on Veterinary *e!islation it is

recommended that countries

RecommendationsRecommendations

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@. clearly deine “veterinarian1 and “

veterinary para%professional1 in such

leislation+

. provide an enablin! le!islative

environment or the establishment o private

veterinary sector or!ani)ations and their

participation in all relevant animal health activitiesof the country.

C o n c l u s i o n

RecommendationsRecommendations

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T,ANB -OT,ANB -O

It may be a lon! road ahead + but dont despair + you (ill !et

there

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