Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
R 385
Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 19 of 1982)RulesRules relating to the Practising of Para-Veterinary Profession of Animal Health Technician10. Use of stock remedies |
| (1) | Whenever an animal health technician administers stock remedies to an animal or recommends the administering thereof, he/she must satisfy himself that the administering thereof is justified with due allowance for the benefits and risks which that remedy may hold for— |
| (a) | The animal to which it is administered, including withdrawal times of residues where relevant in the animal and/or the effect on the environment; |
| (b) | The person by whom it is administered; and |
| (c) | The consumer of the products of that animal if residues of the stock remedy concerned should be present in those products. |
| (2) | An animal health technician must inform the owner of an animal to which a stock remedy is administered, fully with regard to— |
| (a) | The application and effect of and precautionary measures in connection with that remedy; and |
| (b) | The period, if any, during which the products of that animal are to be withheld from human consumption. |
