17 | CVO ANNUAL REPORT 2025
Regulatory Concepts
In 2025, the Transition Council finalized its regulatory concept recommendations, which have been submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness for consideration in developing the regulations. The Veterinary Professionals Act grants the Transition Council the ability to propose regulations to support the new legislation. Details on the regulatory concepts can be found on the College website at cvo. org / concepts.
Regulatory concepts cover the following topics:
Licensure includes concepts on licensure, professional misconduct and conflict of interest.
Transition Council provided direction on applicant requirements and licensure types for veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the CVPO. Other regulatory direction specifies types of professional misconduct applicable to each member, identifies ungovernable behaviour, incorporates the authorized activities model, and recognizes animal abuse or neglect as professional misconduct. Regulatory concepts on conflict of interest focus on behaviours and whether an interest may affect professional judgment.
Authorized Activities includes concepts on non-delegable activities, delegation, orders, initiate and forms of energy.
The authorized activities model is one of the most complex and multi-faceted aspects of the Transition Council’ s work. Authorized activities provides a framework which supports team-based veterinary care. Regulatory concepts identify which authorized activities can only be performed by a veterinarian member, and which can be performed by veterinary technicians through order, initiate or delegation.