Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Subject to this section, a person is entitled to be registered as a veterinary surgeon if –
(a) he has attained the age of 18 years;
(b) he is qualified to be registered as a veterinary surgeon; and
(c) he satisfies the Board of his identity and that he is a fit and proper person to practise as a veterinary surgeon in this State.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person is qualified to be registered as a veterinary surgeon if –
(a) he has completed a regular graded course of veterinary study of at least 4 years' duration at an approved institution, and, if required by the Board to do so, has passed such examinations as the Board may determine; or
(b) he is registered as a veterinary surgeon under a law in force in any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the Board may regard a person as not being a fit and proper person to practise as a veterinary surgeon in this State if it is satisfied that –
(a) an application by that person for registration, or for a licence to practise, as a veterinary surgeon has, in accordance with a law in force in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth or in a place outside the Commonwealth (being a law regulating the practice of veterinary surgery) been refused;
(b) the registration or licence of that person is suspended or has been cancelled or otherwise terminated in accordance with such a law;
(c) the person has been convicted in this State or elsewhere of –
(i) any crime, or offence that if it had been committed in this State would have been a crime;
(ii) an offence under a law prohibiting or regulating the possession, sale, use, supply, or other dealing in, any poison, drug, or similar substance; or
(iii) an offence under this Act which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the person is not a fit and proper person to practise as a veterinary surgeon; or
(d) the person has become unable to perform competently the duties of a veterinary surgeon.