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- About extra-mural studies (EMS)
- EMS requirements
- Information for vet students
- Information for EMS providers
- Information for vet schools
- Temporary EMS requirements
- Practice by students - regulations
- Health and safety on EMS placements
- EMS contacts and further guidance
- Extra-mural studies fit for the future
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- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
- Contact the Advice Team
- XL Bully dog ban
- 'Under care' - new guidance
- Advice on Schedule 3
- Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
- Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
- FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
- FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
- FAQs – Advertising of practice names
- GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
Government legislation
The RCVS regulates the veterinary profession in the UK in accordance with the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.
Under the provisions of the Act the College;
- keeps the Register of Veterinary Surgeons;
- supervises the undergraduate education of veterinary students in the UK and advises on the recognition of UK veterinary degrees;
- recognises certain veterinary qualifications awarded outside the EU; and
- supervises the professional conduct of veterinary surgeons.
You can view a copy of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (as amended) here on the government's official website.
Government regulations and orders may also be viewed on the government's official website. The following are particularly relevant to the work of the College:
1) The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (Liverpool) Order of Council 1950, SI 1950/1110
2) The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (Bristol) Order of Council 1950, SI 1950/1301
3) The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (Glasgow) Order of Council 1951, SI 1951/571
4) The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (London) Order of Council 1952, SI 1952/959
5) The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (Edinburgh) Order of Council 1952, SI 1952/1602
6) The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (Cambridge) Order of Council 1953, SI 1953/404
8) The Veterinary Surgeons (Agreement with the Republic of Ireland) Order 1988, SI 1988/784
9) Veterinary Surgeons' Qualifications (European Recognition) Order 2003, SI 2003/2919
10) The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007, SI 2007/2781
11) The Veterinary Surgeons (Disciplinary Proceedings) Legal Assessor Rules 1967, SI 1967/684
13) The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2020