Veterinary surgeons: temporary changes to the retail supply of veterinary medicines
Wednesday, 29 April 2020 19:40
In light of the enhanced precautions on social distancing we must
take as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has relaxed the enforcement
of specific provisions of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations
(VMR) to allow veterinary surgeons to delegate the retail supply of
veterinary medicines to internet retailers or wholesale dealers for
home delivery to the end user....Request free trial
In light of the enhanced precautions on social distancing
we must take as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate
(VMD)
has relaxed the enforcement of specific provisions of the
Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR) to allow
veterinary surgeons to delegate the retail supply of
veterinary medicines to internet retailers or wholesale
dealers for home delivery to the end user.
This decision has immediate effect and will initially
last until 31 May when we will review it.
The VMD will
not issue an improvement notice if there are breaches
of the relevant provisions of paragraph 8 of Schedule 3
of the VMR during
this period. For further information read
the statement from
the VMD (PDF, 852KB, 2
pages).
This is a temporary VMD enforcement
policy in relation to specific obligations under
the VMR only.
The VMR continue
to apply. The VMD may
continue to take action to enforce those obligations in
cases where the procedures described in the statement
are not followed.
These changes do not affect the existing provisions
that allow a veterinary surgeon in exceptional
circumstances, for example for animal welfare reasons,
to instruct a Wholesale Dealer Authorisation holder to
deliver medicines to the client’s premises.
Further information
The Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) have issued
guidance for veterinary professionals on how to
continue to undertake veterinary work.
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