Animal Health and Welfare (Animal Remedies Veterinary Practice and Veterinary Medicine) Regulations 2017 covering Ireland

Prescribing and dispensing animal remedies:

(1) a person shall not prescribe an animal remedy unless he or she is a registered veterinary practitioner, the animal to which the veterinary prescription relates is under his or her care and he or she is satisfied that —

(a) the veterinary prescription will be used to treat the animal to which the prescription relates,

(b) use of the animal remedy is justified for the animal,

(c) administration of the animal remedy is, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, not incompatible with a current or previous treatment, (where appropriate, by consulting with any other veterinary practitioner who has responsibility for the care of the animals), and

(d) there is no contra-indication and there will not be an adverse reaction if other animal remedies have been, or are to be, administered or prescribed.

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

Prescription only medicine prescribed only by a veterinarian (POM-V) must be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon, who must first carry out a clinical assessment of the animal under his or her care.

The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 covering the UK Prescriptions by a veterinary surgeon

  • 4.—(1) A veterinary surgeon who prescribes a veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-V must first carry out a clinical assessment of the animal, and the animal must be under that veterinary surgeon’s care.
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