South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts60—Use of certain titles or descriptions prohibited
(1) A person who does
not have general registration, specialist registration or registration in a
particular specialty under this Act (as the case requires) must not use a
prescribed word, or its derivatives, to describe themselves or a service that
they provide.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(2) A person must not,
in the course of advertising or promoting a service that they provide, use a
prescribed word, or its derivatives, to describe a person who is engaged in
the provision of the service but who does not have general registration,
specialist registration or registration in a particular specialty under this
Act (as the case requires).
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(3) In this
section—
"prescribed word" means—
(a) in
relation to general or specialist registration under this Act—
(i)
vet; or
(ii)
veterinarian; or
(iii)
veterinary practitioner; or
(iv)
veterinary surgeon; or
(v)
specialist; or
(b) in
relation to registration in a particular specialty under this Act—
(i)
the words comprising the name of the specialty; or
(ii)
the words comprising the name under a corresponding law
of a corresponding specialty; or
(c) any
other word or expression prescribed by the regulations,
but does not include a word or expression excluded from the ambit of this
definition by the regulations (whether generally or in specified
circumstances).