Bill 30 (Legislature 14, Session 1)

L14 S1 5920

Alberta — Bills

No. 30 1st Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 8 Elizabeth II BILL 30 A Bill to amend The Veterinary Surgeons Act HON. DR. Ross Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen'. Most Excellent Majeety, Edmonton, Alberta, 1960

Explanatory Note 2. The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association may make by laws specifying admission requirements. This is in addition to the academic requirements specified in

section 18.

Section 5(1) presently reads in part: "5.

(1) The association may pass by-laws, not inconsistent with any Act or law in force in the Province, providing for (

e) the payment of a fee not exceeding fifty dollars for each appli cant for registration, and". 3. A standing committee on admission must be appointed. Sec tion 91(1) presently reads in part: "9.

(1) Within thirty days following the annual meeting the presi dent shaU, subject to approval by the council, appoint from among members of the association, the following standing committees: (

f) convention." 4. (

a) A reference to the admission committee is added. (

b) Graduates of the Ecole de Medicine Veterinaire are placed on equal basis with Ontario Veterinary Oollege graduates.

Section 12 (1) (

a) and (c) (ii) presently read: "12.

(1) The registrar shall register as a member every candidate qualifying under

section 18, (

a) who produces satisfactory evidence that he is twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and reputation, and that his name is not erased from the register of a veterinary association, (

c) who produces (ii) a certificate of graduation from the Ontario Veterinary College of Guelph, Ontario, or". S. Graduates from the Ecole de Medicine Veterinaire will be recognized as having sufficient academic qualifications f'or reg istration.

Section 18'(7) presently reads: "

(7) Notwithstanding subsection (3), an applicant who holds a cer tificate from the Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, shall be deemed to be qualified and entitled to registration." 6. Registered Veterinarians are authorized to employ certain partially trained persons for limited times if the admission com mittee are satisfied they will advance the training in veterinary medicine of the persons so employed.

BILL No. 30 of 1960

An Act to amend The Veterinary Surgeons Act (Assented to , 1960) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Veterinary SU1~geons Act, being

chapter 359 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 5, subsection (1) is amended, (

a) by striking out the word "and" immediately at the end of clause (e), (

b) by adding the following new clause immediately after clause (e): (e1) the requirements for admission as a member of the association, and

Section 9, subsection (1) is amended by adding im mediately after clause (

I) the following new clause: (

g) admission.

Section 12, subsection (1) is amended (

a) as to clause (

a) by adding immediately after the words "satisfactory evidence" the words "to the admission committee", (

b) as to clause (c), subclause (ii) by adding im mediately after the word "Ontario" the words "or the Ecole de Medicine Veterinaire, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec".

Section 18, subsection (7) is amended by adding im mediately after the word "Ontario" the words "or the Ecole de Medicine Veterinaire, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec". 6. The following new sections are added immediately after

section 26: 27.

(1) A registered veterinarian who has been ap proved by the admission committee as a preceptor (

a) may employ a person described in

section 28 to perform veterinary services at or under his direction, and

2 7. Coming into force.

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b) may charge and collect fees for the services per formed by such a person.

(2) Before employing any person pursuant to this

section a registered veterinarian shall apply to the admission com mittee for approval and shall provide such particulars in re spect of the proposed employment as the committee may require.

(3) The admission committee may approve as a preceptor a registered veterinarian who, in their opinion, will ad vance the training in veterinary medicine of the person employed. 28.

(1) Notwithstanding

section 21 (

a) a student who has completed four years of train ing at an approved veterinary college and who is entitled to enroll in the following year at an ap proved veterinary college, or (

b) an applicant for registration who is required by the General Faculty Council to take an examina tion pursuant to subsection (6) of

section 18 before being qualified for registration, may enter into the employment of a preceptor and perform veterinary services at or under the direction of the pre ceptor for a period not exceeding six months in total.

(2) In the case of a person described in cIa use (

b) of subsection (1), the admission committee may, where satis factory reasons are given to it, authorize the person to enter into not more than two further six months' periods of employment with the same or different preceptors.

(3) No registered veterinarian or association of reg istered veterinarians shall employ more than one person described in clause (

b) of subsection (1) at anyone time. \29.

(1) Any registered veterinarian employing a per son pursuant to

section 27 shall enter into a written con tract of employment with that person.

(2) The registrar shall keep a register of all persons employed by registered veterinarians pursuant to

section 27.

(3) A registered veterinarian who employs a person pursuant to

section 27 shall, at the end of the six months' period of employment submit a written report to the ad mission committee on the forms provided by the association. 7. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 30 FIRST SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 8 ELIZABETH II 1960 BILL

An Act to amend The Veterinary Surgeons Act Received and read the First time. Second time. Third time ......................................... . HON. DR. Ross Title: 1960 (14th, 1st) Bill 30,

An Act to amend The Veterinary Surgeons Act

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