Modernizing
the Practice
of Veterinary
Medicine
ADMINISTRATIVE
AMENDMENTS
Existing Provisions
The provisions in the Act related to offences and fines are lengthy. For a
comprehensive list of the current provisions, please see Appendix D.
What Change is Proposed?
The proposed amendments to the offences and fines provisions in the
Act include updating and modernizing the amount of the fines in the
Veterinarians Act. Further, a number of new provisions are proposed,
such as including fines for corporate employers to reflect the realities of
current practice, fines for contravening the proposed mandatory reporting
provisions, fines for not cooperating with an investigator or adviser, and
an amendment to the unauthorized practice provisions to reflect the
proposed changes to the scope of practice model, namely the introduction
of authorized activities.
For a full list of the proposed provisions, please see Appendix D.
•Offences and
Fines•
Why is the College Considering Changes to this Concept?
It is proposed that the outdated fine amounts related to contravention
of offences be adjusted and updated to act as a current and effective
deterrent against violating the provisions in the Act. In addition, several
new offences and fines have been proposed to link to new proposed
provisions in the Act, to align the Act with more modern legislation, and to
update and strengthen the implementation and enforcement of the Act.
38 Achieving a Modern Approach to the Regulation of Veterinary Medicine in Ontario