Submitted by adminVetBoard on
Hospital licence fees must be paid by 30 June 2018
Payments are for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
You can use your website reference number (found in your offer of renewal emailed to the hospital superintendent) to pay your hospital licence fee ($350) online.
Please contact the Board if you have not yet received your offer to renew a hospital licence.
Submitted by adminVetBoard on
The Board will be introducing a hospital licence transfer fee after the hospital licence renewal period this year. It is therefore very important for existing hospital licence holders to ensure that the current details for their licence are correct.
Submitted by adminVetBoard on
The Board has recently updated its Application for a Veterinary Hospital Licence and Application to Transfer a Veterinary Hospital Licence forms. The updated forms address the following important points based on the legislative requirements for hospitals:
Submitted by cnathan on
If you are performing a procedure that according to current standards should not be undertaken without the administration of an anaesthetic, other than a local anaesthetic, and including a spinal anaesthetic, then you need to perform this procedure (defined as ‘major surgery’) at a licensed hospital.
There are exceptions for emergencies, if it is impractical to move the animal, or if it is dangerous to the health of the animal for it to be moved.
Submitted by cnathan on
The Board is currently reviewing its hospital database to make it easier for licence holders to ensure information made available to the public is up-to-date.
In 2017, the Board will provide hospital licence holders with the opportunity to check that the licence details held by the Board remain current. These details include the licence holder, veterinarians with percentage controlling interest, details of the superintendent and contact details.
