Chapter II LICENSE AND LICENSING AUTHORITY

1) No person may operate, manage, set up or operate a veterinary of establishment without a license. This license is initially valid for one year as provisional registration, extendable and renewable for 5 years as permanent registration under provisions stated. 2) A license for the opening or carrying on of a veterinary establishment may only be granted or renewed provided such establishment complies with the provisions of these regulations and of any other law which establishes the payment of fees for the respective practice. 3) Prior to the granting or renewal of a license an inspection may be carried out by a team of officers from the Department comprising three members appointed by the Director and members of State Veterinary Council; Provided that the team members mentioned above may conduct inspection when considered required.

1) The Director shall be the licensing authority, 2) An application for a license for a veterinary establishment shall be made to the Director in writing. The Director shall communicate to the State Veterinary Council for comment and advice; Provided that where an application for a license is already pending before these regulations come into force, such application shall be deemed to have been made under these regulations. 3) In making an application for a license for a veterinary establishment, an applicant shall furnish such particulars as are specified in the Schedule and such other information as the State Veterinary Council may require. 4) Any application for a license, including the renewal of a license, for a veterinary establishment shall be accompanied by a fee payable to the Government from time to time by notification published in the Official Gazette. 5) License is to be granted or refused within 60 (sixty) days period counting from the date of receipt of the application by the Director from the applicant.

The Director, on the advice of the State Veterinary Council, may refuse to issue or renew, or withdraw a license in respect of a veterinary establishment if: a) the licensee, or any person employed or proposed to be employed by the applicant to assume responsibility for the veterinary establishment has been convicted by a Court in a crime involving moral turpitude; or b) for reasons connected with the physical location, construction, state of repair, accommodation, staffing or equipment, the veterinary establishment is not fit to be used as a place of consultancy practice, clinic, hospital or laboratory; or c) the veterinary establishment is, or any premises used in connection therewith are, used or proposed to be used for purposes which are not related to the particular function of that veterinary establishment or which are in any way improper, unethical or unlawful; or d) the arrangements for the management and control of the services provided at the veterinary establishment are not adequate.