New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 21

21 Qualifications for full registration

(1) A person may be granted full registration if:

(a) the person holds an academic award in veterinary science that was awarded on the completion of a regular graded course of study extending over at least 5 academic years in which a general study of veterinary science was made at a university, college or institution approved in writing by the Board, or

(b) the person:

(i) holds an academic award in veterinary science that was awarded on the completion of a regular graded course of study in veterinary science extending over at least 4 academic years at a university, college or institution (not referred to in paragraph (a)) and that at the time it was granted was accepted in the country in which it was granted as a sufficient qualification for the practice of veterinary science in that country, and

(ii) has, if required by the Board, passed the examination required by the regulations.

(2) The Board is to review the universities, colleges and institutions that are approved for the purposes of subsection (1) (a) at least once every year and the results of the review are to be included in the Board’s annual report.