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Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 19 of 1982)

Rules

Rules relating to the Practising of Veterinary Professions: Amendment

Part II : Conduct of persons practising veterinary professions

10. Use of veterinary medicine

 

 

(1) Whenever a veterinary professional, administers medicine to an animal or subject to the provisions of sub rule (1A) prescribes the administering thereof, he/she shall satisfy himself that the administering thereof is justified with due allowance for the benefits and risks which that medicine may hold for—
(a) the animal to which it is administered;
(b) the person by whom it is administered; and
(c) the consumer of the products of that animal if residues of the medicine concerned should be present in those products.

[Subrule (1) substituted by section 1(a) of Notice 482 of 2012]

 

(1A) To tranquillise, sedate, chemically immobilize or anaesthetize wildlife, any schedule 5 or 6 substance must be administered by a veterinary professional personally.

[Subrule (1A) inserted by section 1(b) of Notice 482 of 2012]

 

(1B) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub rule (1A) a veterinary professional may prescribe, sell, donate or make available the following substances or medicines for a single purchase:

(i)        perphenazine enanthate;

(ii)        haloperidol;

(iii)        zuclopenthixol acetate;

(iv)        diazepam; and

(v)        azaperone.

[Subrule (1BA) inserted by section 1(b) of Notice 482 of 2012]

 

(2) A veterinary professional shall inform the owner of an animal to which medicine is administered, fully with regard to—
(a) the application and effect of and precautionary measures in connection with that medicine; and
(b) the period, if any, during which the products of that animal are to be withheld from human consumption.