Gaining of veterinary practice license in Ukraine

Requirements to the legal entity:

• to have at least one employee-veterinary practice professional with a state-recognized diploma as a member of staff;
• to have job descriptions for individuals who will be directly involved in veterinary practice;
• to ensure compliance with the requirements of the law in respect of material and technical base.

Requirements to IE:

• to hold a diploma of educational and qualification degree of training of junior specialist, bachelor or master in specialty “Veterinary Medicine”, as well as a certificate of professional development (to be obtained every five years);
• to ensure compliance with the requirements of the law in respect of material and technical base.

Requirements depending on the material and technical base:

The license applicant must have the right to use the premises where the veterinary practice will be carried out. The premises can be rented or owned on the basis of the right of ownership.

According to the condition of the material and technical base the premises that are intended for veterinary activities are divided into:

• clinics;
• ambulatories;
• stations.

The clinic of veterinary medicine makes it possible to provide treatment-and-prophylactic services, as well as to conduct clinical trials in a variety of ways: on outpatient basis, on inpatient basis or on house-call basis.

Ambulatories of veterinary medicine make it possible to provide services of prophylactic and treatment of animal diseases, which are provided on an outpatient or on house-call basis.

Veterinary medical stations make it possible to provide treatment-and-prophylactic services with a visit of specialist to the business entities of different forms of ownership.

The premises of the ambulatory should include:

• a work office of veterinary medicine professional;
• a place intended for storage of medicines, biologicals and medical instruments;
• a sterilization room (a room, in which the sterilization of used materials, instruments and special clothing will be carried out);
• a place for the registrar;
• a manege;
• an operating room (premises intended for carrying out of treatment procedures);
• a place intended for storage of housekeeping equipment.

For clinics, this list is amended by one more point: an isolator, to put it in other words, a room for sick animals. The premises, in which the animals are kept, must be isolated from other premises and must have a disinfectant pan at the entrance.

Clinics and ambulatories can also have an X-ray room and an ultrasonic diagnosis room.

For the veterinary station, the requirements are somewhat different. It should have:

• a place for work of specialist;
• a place for storage of medicines, medical instruments and biologicals;
• a place for sterilization of materials, instruments and special clothing;
• a place intended for storage of housekeeping equipment.

As you can see, the main difference is that a clinic or ambulatory necessitates a separate room for some categories, when the veterinary medical station can have only a separate place (that means a part of the room) for them. The other differences in the list are determined by the fact that the station cannot provide services of veterinary medicine, they are provided only on house-call basis.

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Veterinary practice license – additional information

Veterinary practice is an activity related to the services of animal diseases treatment, their prevention and diagnostics, as well as with the provision of advice on issues relating to veterinary medicine, which is carried out by medical institutions in the field of veterinary medicine.

The obtained license gives evidence of compliance with the standards of the material and technical base and the qualifications of the employees of the business entity, and also gives the right:

• to carry out diagnostics and treatment of animal diseases;
• to conduct prevention of animal diseases or illnesses;
• to carry out veterinary and sanitary inspection of both animal and plant products;
• to issue veterinary certificates (documents confirming the veterinary and sanitary condition of animals or certain products of animal origin).

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