You will need to apply for this authorisation if you intend on undertaking acts of veterinary medicine, and are not otherwise authorised or licensed to do so. You must work under the direction of a registered veterinary surgeon.
The acts of veterinary surgery for which a person may apply for authorisation are:
- administering by injection sedatives, tranquillisers and euthanasia agents;
- equine dentistry;
- embryo transplantation;
- diagnosis of disease;
- administering contraceptives or other medications to dogs in the pastoral region;
- examination of cattle for pregnancy by rectal palpation or rectal probe and ovarian examination per rectum; and
- artificial insemination by surgical (laparoscopic) method.
