SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE1BVISITING VETERINARY SURGEONS FROM RELEVANT EUROPEAN STATES
5First provision of services: required documents
1
A visiting practitioner who proposes to provide occasional services for the first time must, before providing any such services, send or produce to the registrar—
a
the required declaration; and
b
the other required documents.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “the required declaration” is a written declaration that—
a
states the practitioner’s wish to provide occasional services; and
b
contains details of the insurance cover, or other means of personal or collective protection, that the practitioner has with regard to professional liability.
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “the other required documents” are—
a
if the practitioner is a national of a relevant European State, proof of nationality;
b
if the practitioner is not a national of a relevant European State, proof that the practitioner is a Community rights entitled person;
c
evidence of the practitioner’s professional qualifications (so far as those qualifications are relevant to practice as a veterinary surgeon); and
d
a certificate (or certificates), issued by a competent authority in another State, confirming—
i
that the practitioner is lawfully established as a veterinary surgeon in that State; and
ii
that the practitioner is not prohibited (whether on a permanent or temporary basis) from practising as a veterinary surgeon there.
4
A declaration under sub-paragraph (2) may be supplied by any means.
Sch. 1B inserted (6.8.2008) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1824), reg. 1, Sch. para. 17 (with reg. 4)