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VETERINARY CHAMBER OF SERBIA. FOUNDING. Founded in accordance with the Law on Animal Health Protection ( 1991 ). Organization of Veterinary Chamber are closely regulated by the Law on Veterinary Matters ( ’’ Official Journal RS ’’ , No 91/ 2005 ).
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FOUNDING Founded in accordance with the Law on Animal Health Protection (1991). Organization of Veterinary Chamber are closely regulated by the Law on Veterinary Matters (’’Official Journal RS’’, No 91/2005). In order to protect,develop the competence and advancement of professional ethic, raising the level of animal health protection and professional interests of veterinarians, Veterinary Chamber was found asprofessional and independent veterinary organization which performed their activities on the territory of Republic of Serbia, according to the Law on Veterinary Matters and the Statute of Veterinary Chamber. The Chamber shall act as a legal entity. Chamber Membership is obligatory for the all veterinarians
ORGANIGRAMME OF VETERINARY CHAMBER OF SERBIA Commission for prices 28 members Sub Commission for prices Coordinator Expert board 7 members - President Ethical Committee 28 members President - Vice President RB -28 - MB – 5 members - President - Vice President Assembly of VC -164delegates - President Representative of VC in WVА Management boardof VC -7 members -President -Vice President Representative of VC in FVE Administrative Service - 4 employees - Secretary of VC Supervisory board - 5 members - President
LICENSE REGULATION ON LICENSE FOR CARRY OUT VETERINARY ACTIVITIES (according to the Article 15, point 9 of Statute of Veterinary Chamber and Article 44 of Law on Veterinary Matters) License is the document by which Veterinary Chamber confirm to veterinarian that she/he may perform veterinary practice, to upgrade specialty, to respect Codex of veterinary-medical ethics and the rules of good veterinary practice. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS License shall be issued by the Veterinary Chamber upon the request of the person who has a right to perform veterinary activity in accordance with positive legal regulation and fulfilling the requirements prescribed by the law for carry out veterinary activity.
LICENSE (Law on Veterinary Matters) ISSUING A license to practice veterinary medicine can be obtained by an individual who: has obtained a diplomaof the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, passed the experts’ exam, has results in professionalveterinary activities. The costs of issuing the license shall be borne by the person requestingthe license. DURATION A license shall be issued for the period of 5 years.
LICENSE (Law on Veterinary Matters) ISSUE, EXTENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE The Statute of the Chamber prescribes the: procedure for the issue,extension, suspension orrevocation of licenses, license register bodies of the Chamber that shall be in charge ofthe issue,extension or revocation of licenses. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE The Veterinary Chamber shall, by issuing a decision, suspend a licensefor a period of time appropriate to the severity of the violation if theCommittee on Ethicsconfirms a violation of the Veterinary Code of Ethicsbut in no case shall the suspension exceed 9 months. The Veterinary Chamber shall, by issuing an effective decision, revoke alicense and remove the individual from the register of licensedveterinarians if the licensehas been suspended on two previous occasions.
LICENSE REVOCATION OF LICENSE Issued license, Chamber may temporary revoke (suspend) for maximum nine months by the Decision of the President of the Chamber, on the proposal of Management board andaccording to the Decision of the Ethical Committee. Issued license, Chamber shall temporary revoked if the effective court verdict temporary forbidthe veterinarian to perform veterinary activity for the period of ban duration. Issued license, Chamber may permanently revoke and remove the individual from the register, bythe decision of the President of Chamber, on the proposal of Management board, if thelicense has been temporary suspend in two previous occasions. Issued license, Chamber shall permanently revoked if the effective court verdict permanentlyforbid the veterinarian to perform veterinary activity.
LICENSE Record Administrative service of the Chamber keep the record of all issued,extended, suspended or revoked license, as well asthe licensewhich validation expired. Data from the Register, Administrative Service of Chamber delivering to the Ministry and publishing in official journal of Chamber once a year. Amendments and changes, Chamber shalldelivered to the competent Ministry in 15 days from the dayof changes.
ADVANCED TRAININGS REGULATION ON ADVANCED TRAININGS OF VETERINARIANS (Article 15, point 10 of the Statute of the Chamber) In order to provide and advance quality of work in accordance with define standards for every area of veterinary activity and issuing and extension of license veterinarians are obliged to attend the advanced trainings during their service.
ADVANCED TRAININGS Advanced training includes: active and passive participation in congress, symposium, conference, expert or scientific meetings, specialized seminars and workshops attendance on specialized courses from the different area of veterinary practice, study visits publishing articles and studies in scientific and experts journals authorship in guidelines and books of veterinary medicine following the scientific and expert publications. Graduate titles: doctor, master, specialist and international certificates issued by authorized international associations represents a permanent aspect of expert training with permanent evaluation.
ADVANCED TRAININGS Expert board of the Chamber shall propose plan and program of advanced trainings for the veterinarians for every year. That kind of trainings are programmed trainings, made in cooperation with: professional organizations, Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management – Veterinary Directorate.
ADVANCED TRAININGS Regional boards and specialized veterinary associations may also initiate organization of trainings. Specialized veterinary associations are: Serbian Association of Small Animal Practitioners Serbian Veterinary Poultry and Birds Association Veterinary Association of Serbian Defense System Epizootiology Association Microbiological Association Field practitioners others
ADVANCED TRAININGS Evaluation of the advanced trainings which are not organized by Veterinary Chamber shall be made on the basis of competition for accreditation of advanced trainings program. Chamber shall announced an competition no later than October of a current year for the following year. Organizer of the program of advanced training must submit: data about scope and content of planned advanced trainings, scientific and expert competence of performers According to that, Expert board makes a decision on a manner of evaluation of the proposed programs.
ADVANCED TRAININGS EXTENSION OF LICENSE In the scope of obliged advanced training and for the purposes of extension of license, veterinarian is obliged to achieve 40 points in 5 years. Every veterinarian shall be obliged to delivered the report about advanced training and appropriate documentations which confirms achievement of points no later than 30 days before he submits request for extension of license. Veterinarian who during fifteen years of service (two extension of license) make more than 200 points in total, shall not be obliged to attend advanced training in order to extend license. Extension of the license shall made according to the evidence on total number of points achieved during fifteen years of service.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION REGULATION ON DISCIPLINE-ETHIC (Article 15, point 8 of Statute of Veterinary Chamber) Ethical Committee is a Chamber body which deal with and make a decisions aboutviolations of a Codex on veterinary medical ethic and conduct an disciplinary actionagainst members of Veterinary Chamber in accordance with the provisions of Statute andthis Regulation. The task of the Ethical Committee is to deal with controversial ethical matters on republic level in first instant procedure, defining ethical norms in accordance with need and development of the veterinary profession, introducing the changes in legal framework, proposing changes and amendments of low to a superior jurisdiction, actualization of veterinary profession.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION Disciplinary action shall be started with the request for bringing disciplinary action. Request for bringing disciplinary action shall be submitted by the President of the Chamber, according to the report about the violation of Codex, which can be submitted by: any member of the Chamber, veterinary organization, administrative organ, juristic or physical person. Reportmust be in a written form and must contain: full name, address and phone number of the submitter, full name of the violator, time and place when violation has been made, accurate description of violation of Codex, evidence which prove the statement in the report.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION REGULATION ON DISCIPLINE-ETHIC (Article 15, point 8 of Statute of Veterinary Chamber) President of Ethical Committee shall appoint the Commission, composed of three members for investigation of every request for disciplinary action. Commission proposes disciplinary violation to the Ethical Committee. According to the written suggestions and report about ethical or disciplinary violations, Ethical Committee, as an a body of original jurisdiction bring and conduct disciplinary action, makes a decisionsand pronounce a disciplinary violation. Against a Decision made by Ethical Committee, complaint may be lodged to the Management board of Veterinary Chamber, exceptwhere a decision means disciplinary measure revoking of license.Inthat case, complaint may be lodged to the Minister, competent forveterinary, in accordance with the Law and this Regulation.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION DISCIPLINARY MEASURES The following disciplinary measures may be pronounced to the Veterinarian who violated the Codex: Rebuke - light violation of Codex made for the first time; Public rebuke - severity violation of Codex and repeated light violation made in the previous 12 months; Public rebuke and a fine from10.000 to 30 000 dinars - severity violation of Codex and repeated severity violation in the previous 12 months Temporary revocation (suspension) of the license for 3 months - repeated severe violation of Codex during the previous 18 months; 5. Temporary revocation (suspension) of a license for 6 months - particularly severe violations of Codex; 6. Temporary revocation (suspension) of a license for 9 months - for repeated particularly severe violation of Codex in the previous 18 months; Permanent revocation of a license - when the measure of temporary revocation have been pronounced twice before in accordance with Law on Veterinary Medicine.
VETERINARY CHAMBER OF SERBIA Thank you for your attention