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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
5 March 2020
The agenda for the RCVS Council meeting of 5 March 2020 is set out below.
Unclassified papers for this meeting can be downloaded as one PDF bundle from the ‘Related documents’ box at the bottom of the page.
View paper classification definitions below, along with classification rationales.
| Agenda item |
Paper title |
Category |
Classification rationales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
President's Introduction |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 2 |
Apologies for Absence and welcome to new member |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 3 |
Declarations of Interests |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 4 |
Minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2020 |
Unclassified |
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| Classified appendix |
Confidential |
1,2,3,4 |
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| 5 |
Matters Arising |
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| 5a |
Obituaries |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 5b |
Council correspondence |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 5c |
CEO update | Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 6 |
Matters for Decision or Note by Council (unclassified items) |
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| 6a |
Under care/out of hours review – update | Oral report - Unclassified | |
| 6b |
Veterinary Council of Ireland Mutual Recognition Agreement - addendum | Unclassified | |
| 6c |
Practice Standards Scheme - updates |
Unclassified |
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| 7 |
Report of Committee - To Note |
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| 7a |
Advancement of the Professions Committee |
Unclassified |
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| 7b |
Audit and Risk Committee |
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| 7bi |
Minutes of the meeting held 1 November 2019 (previously confidential until agreed) Classified appendix |
Unclassified Confidential |
1,2,3 |
| 7bii |
Minutes of the meeting held 13 February 2020 (Draft) |
Confidential |
1,2,3 |
| 7c |
Education Committee Classified appendix |
Unclassified Confidential |
4 |
| 7d |
Finance and Resources Committee Classified appendix |
Unclassified Confidential |
2,3,4 |
| 7e |
Standards Committee Classified appendix |
Unclassified Confidential |
1,2,3 |
| 7f |
Veterinary Nurses Council Classified appendix |
Unclassified Private/Confidential |
1,2,3,4,5 |
| 7g |
PIC / DC Liaison Committee Classified appendix |
Unclassified Private/Confidential |
1,2,5 |
| 8 |
Reports of statutory committees - to note |
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| 8a |
Preliminary Investigation Committee |
Unclassified |
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| 8b |
RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee |
Unclassified |
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| 8c |
Disciplinary Committee and RVN Disciplinary Committee |
Unclassified |
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| 9 |
Notices of Motion |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 10 |
Questions |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 11 |
Recommendations for the appointment of Officers - President and Vice-President (Senior) respectively, for confirmation at the AGM on 10 July 2020 | Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 12 |
Election of the Vice-President (Junior) - recommendation for confirmation at the AGM on 10 July 2020 | Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 13 |
Other Elections | ||
| 13a |
Treasurer | Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 13b |
Chair, Advancement of the Professions Committee |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 13c |
Chair, Education Committee |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 13d |
Chair, Standards Committee |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 14 |
Any Other College business |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 15 | Risk Register, equality and diversity |
Oral report - Unclassified |
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| 16 | Date of the next meeting |
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| Confidential Session |
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| 17 |
Matters for Decision by Council and for Report (confidential items) |
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| 17a | Discretionary Fund report |
Oral report - Confidential |
1,3 |
| 17b | Estates Strategy - update |
Oral report - Confidential |
1,3 |
| 17c | Draft accounts 2019 |
Confidential |
1 |
| 17d | Diploma of Fellowship by Thesis - ratification |
Confidential |
1 |
| 17e | Appointment of Assistant Registrar |
Private/Confidential |
1,5 |
| 17f | RCVS Honours and Awards |
Private/Confidential |
1,5 |
| 18 | Any Other College Business |
Oral report - Private/Confidential |
1,5 |
| 19 | Risk Register, Equality and Diversity |
Oral report - Confidential |
1,2,3,4 |
Classifications explained
Unclassified
Papers will be published on the internet and recipients may share them and discuss them freely with anyone. This may include papers marked 'Draft'.
Confidential
Temporarily available only to Council Members, non-Council members of the relevant committee, working party or Board and not for dissemination outside that group unless and until the relevant committee or Council has given approval for public discussion, consultation or publication.
Private
The paper includes personal data which should not be disclosed at any time or for any reason, unless the data subject has agreed otherwise. The Chairman may, however, indicate after discussion that there are general issues which can be disclosed, for example in reports to committees and Council.
Classification rationales
Confidential
1. To allow the Committee or Council to come to a view itself, before presenting to and/or consulting with others
2. To maintain the confidence of another organisation
3. To protect commercially sensitive information
4. To maintain public confidence in and/or the RCVS
Private
5. To protect information which may contain personal data, special category data, and/or criminal offence data, as listed under the General Data Protection Regulation