Article 5
A veterinarian shall apply to the local competent authority at the intended locale (special municipality, city or county) for practice registration. The applicant shall submit the application form, veterinary certificate, photo, and application fees. Only after a practice license is obtained can he or she commence the practice.
The term “practice” in Section 5.1 (paragraph 1 of Article 5) refers to diagnosis, treatment, inspection, writing diagnosis reports and prescription, certifying documents, and other tasks designated to veterinarians according to law.
To remain eligible to practice, a veterinarian shall engage in continuing education and renew his or her practice license every six years by presenting certificates of continuing education completed.
Regulations governing the practice registration (credentials, qualifications, and documents to submit), the practice license (its issuance, replacement, reissuance and renewal) in Section 5.1 (paragraph 1 of Article 5), and continuing education (curriculum, units of credit, administration, recognition of such education completed) in Section 5.3 (paragraph 3 of Article5) as well as rules to abide by, are to be prescribed by the central competent authority.
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Article 42
There are two tiers of veterinary professional groups:
(1) Veterinary associations at the local level (of the special municipality, city or county).
(2) National federation of veterinary associations.
The national federation of veterinary associations already on the registry before this amendment shall be re-organized in accordance with this Act within three years of the promulgation. Provincial-level veterinary associations currently on the registry shall be dissolved.
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Article 46
Setting up a national federation of veterinary associations shall require the initiation of more than one third of all veterinary associations at local tiers and endorsement from more than half of them. However, this requirement does not apply to a national federation approved with the consent of the central social administration authority (the Ministry of Interior) in consultation with the relevant central competent authority (the Council of Agriculture).
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Article 48
Each veterinary association, regardless of its tier, shall have a board of directors and a board of supervisors elected at the general/delegate meeting by individual members or their delegates. The sizes of the boards shall be:
(1) No more than 15 directors at a city/county veterinary association.
(2) No more than 25 directors at a special municipality veterinary association.
(3) No more than 35 directors at the national federation of veterinary associations.
(4) The number of supervisors shall not exceed one third of the number of directors of each association.
(5) Each veterinary association shall have alternate directors and supervisors; this number shall not exceed one third of the number of directors and supervisors.
When there are more than three directors and supervisors on the board, executive directors and supervisors shall be elected from within; their number shall not exceed one third of the total number of directors and supervisors. A chairman of the board of directors shall be elected according to the by-law.
The term for a director or supervisor is three years. No more than half of the board members can be re-elected to serve the next term. The chairman can be re-elected only once.
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