In WA only, there is a legal requirement for nurses who are working in a veterinary practice to be registered with the Vet Practice Board (WA). Vet Nursing Students no longer need to register with the Vet Practice Board. A list of duties that are allowed to be performed by a Vet Nursing Student under veterinary supervision is shown below.
The veterinarian who is providing the supervision needs to be approved by Applied Vocational Training, in writing, prior to performing the duties listed below.
It should be noted that people performing acts listed below are acting illegally if AVT does not have written consent from the supervising veterinarian.
You can download our AVT Supervising Veterinary Authorisation Form (to be signed by the veterinarian and returned to AVT by the student), using the link below.
Veterinary Practice Regulations 2022 | Part 4 Authorised persons | Division 2
Subdivision 2 — Veterinary nurse students
23. Acts of veterinary medicine veterinary nurse students are authorised to carry out
A veterinary nurse student is authorised to carry out an act of veterinary medicine specified in Schedule 5 in circumstances where:
(a) carrying out the act of veterinary medicine is required as part of the veterinary nurse student’s course of study; and
(b) the act of veterinary medicine is carried out under the personal supervision of a veterinarian; and
(c) the veterinarian who is providing the supervision — (i) is approved in writing by the registered training organisation with which the veterinary nurse student is enrolled to supervise the carrying out of the act of veterinary medicine; and (ii) has given written consent to providing the supervision;
Veterinary Practice Regulations 2022
Schedule 5 — Acts of veterinary medicine: veterinary nurse students [r. 23(1)]
Veterinary Practice Regulations 2022 | Schedule 4 — Acts of veterinary medicine: veterinary nurses [r. 7]
Division 1 — Acts authorised to be carried out under personal supervision of veterinarian
Division 2 — Acts authorised to be carried out under direction of veterinarian
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