New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Part--
"complainant" means a person who makes a complaint.
"complaint" means a complaint made under this Part.
"disciplinary finding" means a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct
or professional misconduct.
"professional misconduct" means--
(a) unsatisfactory professional conduct of a sufficiently serious nature to justify the suspension or cancellation of a veterinary practitioner's registration, or
(b) any other conduct that is declared by the regulations to be professional misconduct for the purposes of this Act.
(a) providing information relating to the veterinary practitioner's qualifications for registration knowing the information to be false or misleading in a material particular,
(b) contravening Order 1998/1 made under section 46 of the Stock Medicines Act 1989 and published in Gazette No 108 on 17 July 1998 at pages 5496-5498 (or any Order amending or replacing that Order),
(c) engaging in conduct in the veterinary practitioner's professional capacity that, if repeated or continued, is likely to do any of the following--(i) cause unnecessary suffering to an animal,(ii) cause the inappropriate death of an animal,(iii) adversely affect the safety or health of any person,(iv) damage the international reputation of Australia in relation to animal exports, animal welfare, animal produce or sporting events,
(d) any contravention by a veterinary practitioner of the conditions of the veterinary practitioner's registration,
(e) any failure by a veterinary practitioner to comply with a provision, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph, of the code of professional conduct in effect under section 37,
(e1) any failure by a veterinary practitioner, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any continuing professional development requirements determined by the Board that are applicable to the veterinary practitioner,
(f) any failure by a veterinary practitioner to supervise a person adequately in doing an act where supervision by a veterinary practitioner was required by law and the veterinary practitioner concerned undertook to provide that supervision,
(g) any failure without reasonable excuse by the veterinary practitioner to comply with a direction, order or requirement of the Board, Tribunal or Supreme Court imposed on the veterinary practitioner in his or her capacity as a veterinary practitioner,
(h) any failure by the veterinary practitioner to comply with the applicable requirements of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 ,
(i) any contravention by a veterinary practitioner of this Act or the regulations,
(j) any conduct that demonstrates that a veterinary practitioner is not fit to practise veterinary science because the practitioner suffers from an impairment,
(k) any other conduct of a veterinary practitioner that demonstrates incompetence, or a lack of adequate knowledge, skill, judgment or care in the practice of veterinary science,
(l) any other improper or unethical conduct of a veterinary practitioner in the course of the practice of veterinary science,
(m) any conduct that is declared by the regulations to be unsatisfactory professional conduct for the purposes of this Act.