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VETERINARY SURGEONS REGULATION 2015 (NO 39 OF 2015) - REG 14

Use of information about continuing competence etc

    (1)     The board may use information it receives about a registered veterinary surgeon's continuing competence or professional development to take action to protect public safety or in the public interest.

    (2)     The action the board may take includes the following:

        (a)     reporting annually to the Minister, using non-identifying information, on the general performance or achievement of registered veterinary surgeons as a whole or within specialist areas;

        (b)     providing information or advice to registered veterinary surgeons about their performance, including comparisons to best practice;

        (c)     providing information about a veterinary surgeon to someone else with the consent of the registered veterinary surgeon.

    (3)     Also, if information received under this part in relation to a veterinary surgeon indicates a potential risk to public safety, the board may treat the matter as a complaint about the veterinary surgeon.

Part 4     Required standard of practice

Division 4.1     General



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