The workouts have a 100% participation rate. A certificate from the attending physician is required to prove absence. Exercises that are missing must be replaced in consultation with the teacher who led the exercise. The requirement is to write a seminar paper on legal restrictions pertaining to veterinary practice.

Students who complete the Legislation in Veterinary Practice course will have a general understanding of the legal regulations that govern the challenges that arise in veterinary practice.

Legislation governing veterinary care - Fundamentals of personal data protection - Fundamentals of safety and health at work - Legislation governing medicinal products and drug policy - Definition of legislation governing the transport of animals - Legislation governing the use of imaging equipment - Operating rules - Business and legal relations

1. Act on Veterinary Care with a focus on animal protection

2. GDPR- personal data protection- personal data management- scope and purposes of processing- transfer of personal data to third parties- confidentiality- Complaint to the Office for Personal Data Protection

3. The law on safety and health at work

4. Act on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices - Act on Veterinary Preparations and Veterinary Technical Devices - Treatment of narcotic and psychotropic substances

5. Legal basis for animal health requirements for national and international animal transport

6. Staffing, material, and technical equipment requirements for various types of imaging equipment

7. Operating rules, Sanitation plan / program

8. The role of veterinary nurses / veterinary assistants in European legislation

9. Special provisions on the sale of goods in trade - business conditions

10. Contracts

11. Insurance of animals

12. Practical examples from the field of legislation in veterinary practice solution

13. Presentation of seminar papers

Legal rules based on topics of the subject in the EU or in other countries

Content prerequisite:

Ethology and behavioral disorders of animals, Principles and practice of basic veterinary nursing, Basics of pharmacology, Basics of laboratory diagnostics, Propaedeutics, Toxicology

Continuous assessment:

Work on a seminar concentrating on veterinary practice

Conditions for completion of course:

The workouts have a 100% participation rate. A certificate from the attending physician is required to prove absence. Exercises that are missing must be replaced in consultation with the teacher who led the exercise. The requirement is to write a seminar paper on legal restrictions pertaining to veterinary practice.

Final assessment:

credit