professional liability insurance and professional activities of members of the College and requiring members to provide the
information necessary to compile such statistics.
18. Requiring and providing for the inspection of veterinary facilities and of the records kept by members of the College in
connection with the practice of veterinary medicine.
19. Authorizing the communication of material that comes to a person’s knowledge in the course of duties, employment,
examination, review or investigation to specified classes of persons or for specified purposes.
20. Respecting the duties and authority of the Registrar.
21. Prescribing and requiring the making and keeping of records by members of the College in respect of the practice of veterinary
medicine.
22. Exempting any member of the College from any provision of the regulations under such special circumstances in the public
interest as the Council considers advisable.
23. Providing that any form required under this Act be in a form approved by the Registrar.
Current Bylaw-Making Powers in the Veterinarians Act 2 :
The Council may pass by-laws relating to the administrative and domestic affairs of the College not inconsistent with this Act and
the regulations and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may pass by-laws respecting the following matters:
1. Prescribing the seal and other insignia of the College and providing for their use.
2. Providing for the execution of documents by the College.
3. Respecting banking and finance.
4. Fixing the financial year of the College and providing for the audit of the accounts and transactions of the College.
5. Prescribing the number of vice-presidents of the College, prescribing procedures for the election of the president and vice-
presidents and for the filling of vacancies in those offices.
6. Respecting the calling, holding and conducting of meetings of the Council and the duties of members of the Council.
7. Respecting the calling, holding and conducting of meetings of the membership of the College.
7.1 Providing that a meeting of the Council or of members or a meeting of a committee or panel that is held for any purpose other
than for the conducting of a hearing may be held in any manner that allows all persons participating to communicate with each
other simultaneously and instantaneously.
7.2 Prescribing what constitutes a conflict of interest for members of the Council or of a committee and regulating or prohibiting
the carrying out of the duties of those members in cases in which there is a conflict of interest.
8. Providing for the remuneration of members of the Council and members of committees other than members appointed by the
Lieutenant Governor in Council, and providing for payment of necessary expenses of the Council and committees in the conduct
of their business.
9. Providing for the appointment, composition, powers, duties and quorums of additional or special committees.
10. Providing for the appointment of persons to make investigations for the purposes of this Act.
11. Providing procedures for the making, amending and revoking of by-laws.
12. Respecting management of the property of the College.
13. Respecting the application of the funds of the College and the investment and reinvestment of any of its funds not immediately
required, and for the safekeeping of its securities.
14. Respecting the borrowing of money by the College and the giving of security therefor.
15. Respecting membership of the College in other organizations the object s of which are not inconsistent with and are
complementary to those of the College, the payment of annual assessments and provision for representatives at meetings.
16. Delegating to the Executive Committee the powers and duties set out in the by-laws, but this paragraph does not authorize
the delegation of the power to make, amend or revoke a regulation or a by-law.
16.1 Governing the practice of veterinary medicine through professional corporations, including requiring the certification of those
corporations, governing the issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of certificates of authorization, governing the conditions
and limitations that may be imposed on certificates and governing the names of those corporations and the notice to be given of
a change in the shareholders of those corporations.
16.2 Requiring the payment of annual fees by members of the College, fees for processing applications, licensing, certificates,
examinations, inspections and election recounts, including penalties for late payment, interest on late payments, discounts for
2 Veterinarians Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s 9.
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