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... into force on 1 February 2022. These amendments address some of the suggestions made to DEFRA by the RCVS Riding Establishments Subcommittee via the British Horse Council in 2020. While the minor amendments ...

Skip to content Standards & advice update: January 2019 At its last meeting on 30 January 2019, our Standards Committee approved a number of changes to the supporting guidance to the Code of ...

Skip to content Standards & advice update: January 2021 This month’s Standards & Advice update covers changes to the rules around the prescribing cascade for Great Britain and Northern Ireland ...

... to authorities in certain circumstances. The updated guidance, which was recently approved by the RCVS Standards Committee, also clarifies that there is no requirement to seek permission from the RCVS ...

... under the prescribing Cascade): An Inspector appointed under the VMRs i.e. a VMD inspector An RCVS Practice Standards Assessor A veterinary surgeon independent of a practice where the destruction ...

Skip to content Standards & Advice update: July 2022 We have been asked by a local police force to remind the profession of the regulations around transportation and storage of firearms for ...

... from endorsement activities are declared. Guidance on maintaining clinical freedom and how the RCVS defines different forms of advertising is also included. Melissa Donald (pictured), Chair of the ...

... to content Standards & Advice update: June 2023 Following a decision of the RCVS Standards Committee lay people are now being advised to cease offering of intravaginal artificial ...

... of suspected animal cruelty and neglect which the profession is encouraged to review along with the RCVS supporting guidance on client confidentiality .   Microchipping of older horses in ...

... Veterinary surgeons must maintain minimum practice standards equivalent to the Core Standards of the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.’ Please see the updates to Chapter 2 , paragraphs 2.3 and 2.4, and ...