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Veterinary Code of Practice

The Veterinary Code of Practice establishes professional standards for veterinarians to ensure high-quality services that benefit animal health, welfare, public health, and the environment. It emphasizes the importance of using stress-reducing techniques, maintaining confidentiality, providing clear communication, and staying updated on professional knowledge. Additionally, it addresses the need for ethical practices, such as avoiding conflicts of interest and respecting the responsibilities of animal owners.

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Veterinary Code of Practice

The Veterinary Code of Practice establishes professional standards for veterinarians to ensure high-quality services that benefit animal health, welfare, public health, and the environment. It emphasizes the importance of using stress-reducing techniques, maintaining confidentiality, providing clear communication, and staying updated on professional knowledge. Additionally, it addresses the need for ethical practices, such as avoiding conflicts of interest and respecting the responsibilities of animal owners.

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Veterinary code of practice

Code of practice means a set of professional standards agreed upon by members of a particular
profession.

veterinary code of practice aims to ensure;

 Veterinarians provide high quality services for the benefit of animal health, animal welfare,
public health and the environment;
 Their clients and society can have confidence in the services veterinarians provide.

Veterinary code of practice for veterinarians

 Veterinarians should use the least stressful techniques necessary for sound diagnosis and
treatment.
 Beyond first aid, veterinarians should only undertake veterinary services where they possess
adequate knowledge and skills. If they do not, veterinarians should refer the case to a more
experienced colleague.
 Veterinarians should attempt to relieve animal’s pain and suffering. If the condition is
untreatable, the option of euthanasia should be discussed with the animal owner.
 Euthanasia should be practiced with as little pain, distress and fear as possible.
 Veterinarians should give sound professional advice in language clients can understand. They
should inform clients before and while providing services of the animal’s condition, proposed
treatment, fees and likely outcomes.
 Veterinarians should give information about emergency service systems where necessary to
prevent undue suffering.
 Veterinarians should respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of
providing veterinary services and ensure that information about clients is not disclosed to others
unless it is required by law. Where disclosure is necessary, it should be done with the informed
consent of the individual and relevant party.
 Veterinarians shall keep their knowledge, skills and competences up-to-date through continuing
professional development.
 Veterinarians should not unfairly criticize or discredit other veterinarians.
 All veterinarians shall observe the laws governing their professional activities.
 Veterinarians should make animal owners aware of their responsibilities to public health and
animal health and welfare.
 Veterinarians should be familiar with and observe the relevant legislation on environmental
protection for example by organizing facilities for separate collection of different types of waste
so they be sent to the appropriate recycling points in order to reduce environmental pollution.
 Conflict of interest. The medical judgement of a veterinarian should not be influenced by
personal financial interests. The veterinarian should balance the welfare of the patient, the
communicated needs of the client, the safety of the public and the need to uphold the public
trust vested in the profession and should avoid conflict of interest or the appearance thereof.

References

 European Veterinary Code of Conduct.


 Principles of Veterinary medical ethics of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

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