Board News Jan 2012

Introducing the New Registrar - 11 January 2012

The Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW takes great pleasure introducing the new Registrar of the Board.... Dr John Baguley. John is well known to many practitioners through his recent years at the University of Sydney and brings to this position wide ranging experiences and many areas of expertise.

John graduated from the University of Sydney with BVSc (Hons) in 1985 and worked in small animal practice, mostly in Sydney's north shore, for the next 12 years. He completed his Membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Pharmacology) in 1993 and a Masters in Business Administration in 1997. He left full time veterinary practice in 1998 and soon after began part-time teaching at the University of Western Sydney, helping to teach a range of subjects including equine science, professional practice, management and organisational behaviour.

In 2003, John moved to the University of Sydney to teach in their newly created professional practice program and to manage their new final year program of clinical placements. In 2006, John and his Veterinary Student Internship Program team at Sydney received the Vice Chancellors Award for Support of the Student Experience and the following year the team was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. He finished his PhD on the marketing of veterinary services and completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education in 2009. From 2009 to 2011, John was also the Sub Dean for Learning and Teaching in the Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree.

John is a member of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA), a member of the AVA Education committee and a committee member of the AVA's Practice Management special interest group. He has also been helping to organise and chair Education day at the AVA conference for the last 3 years. John has taught in practice management, ethics, animal welfare and law whilst at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney and is very much looking forward to joining the team at the Board as the new Registrar in mid February 2012.

Dr Ruth Thompson
President

Board News Sep 2011

National Recognition of Veterinary Registration effective: - 20 September 2011

The NSW Veterinary Practice Act 2003 has been amended to accommodate National Recognition of Veterinary Registration (NRVR) as of 20 September 2011.

The amendment provides `deemed registration' in NSW for veterinary practitioners who reside and are registered in an Australian jurisdiction outside of NSW.

That is, a veterinary practitioner/surgeon who both resides and is registered in a jurisdiction of Australia, outside of New South Wales, is entitled to practise as a veterinarian in New South Wales without being formally 'registered' with the NSW Board.

NRVR applies equally to veterinarians with specialist registration.

Conditions and limitations placed on any registration by another Australian Veterinary Board will apply to the veterinarian when they practise in NSW.

A veterinarian who meets the above requirements of deemed registration is not required to inform the NSW Board that they are working in NSW, although they are legally required to abide by the provisions of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003, Regulations 2006 and in particular, the `NSW Veterinary Practitioners Code of Professional Conduct' available under publications on the NSW Board's website and all other laws that relate to veterinary science in NSW.

Importantly, a veterinarian is required to register with the NSW Board if they reside in NSW.

NSW now joins Victoria as the only two states in Australia which have introduced NRVR legislation.

Veterinarians wanting to work in jurisdictions other than NSW and VIC still require registration in those jurisdictions.