Privileges of Registered
Veterinary Practitioner
No person other than a registered
veterinary practitioner, shall-
(a) hold office as veterinary
physician or surgeon or any other like office by whatever name
called in Government or in any institution maintained by a local or
other authority.
(b) practice veterinary medicine in
any state provided that the State Govt. may, by order, permit a
person holding a diploma or certificate of Vety. supervisor,
stockman or stock assistant (by whatever name called) of any state
or any veterinary institution in India, to render , under the
supervision and direction of a registered veterinary practitioner,
minor veterinary services. Explanation:
"Minor veterinary Services" means the rendering of preliminary
veterinary aid, like vaccination ,castration and dressing of wounds,
and as such other types of preliminary aid or the treatment of such
ailments as the state Govt. may by notification in the official
Gazette, specify in this behalf;
c)
be entitled to sign or
authenticate a veterinary health certificate or nay other
certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a
duly qualified veterinary practitioner;
(d)
be entitled to give evidence at
any inquest or in any court of laws as an expert under section 45 of
the Indian Evidence Act,1872, or any matter relating to veterinary
medicine.
It is therefore, evident that even the veterinarians processing a
recognized veterinary qualification has to get herself/himself first
registered with the Punjab State Veterinary Council before holding
the Public office origin for private practice of veterinary
medicine. Pharmacists as such can render minor veterinary service
and that too under the supervision and direction of a registered
veterinary practitioner. Such practitioners are only entitled to
issue a veterinary health certificate ands a post-mortem
certificate. No body else can exercise such an authority. Persons
indulging in illegitimate veterinary practice are liable to be
prosecuted and punished under the Act