PRIVATE VETERINARY SERVICE S IN SLOVENIA

1. PRIVATE VETERINARY SERVICES IN SLOVENIA ORGANISATION OF THE STATUTORY BODIES ISSUES ARISING FROM PRIVATISATION OF VETERINARY PRACTICES OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

2. BORUT ZEMLJIČ, Dr.Vet.Med. MrSci PhD Dipl ECBHM VETERINARY CHAMBER, Sect.of Private Practitioners Professional and Ethical Committee, SLOVENIA OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

3. FROM STATE TO PRIVATE • Privatisation of field veterinary services from 1993 to 1998 • New veterinary legislation in 1995 • Division of veterinary services in 3 levels • Meat hygiene, “field” control (39%) • Education and diagnostics (17%) • Private vet’s, industries (44%) • State officers ???? OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

4. PROPORTIONS BETWEEN PRIVATE AND STATE • HIGHESTEU IRELAND – 86.02%, • LOWEST EU DENMARK – 55,82%, • HIGHEST CEEC CROATIA – 69,11%, • LOWEST CEEC SLOVENIA – 44.06% OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

5. SLOVENIA VETERINARY CHAMBER • Establish in 1995 – according to vet. act • Only private veterinarians and technicians (para-professionals) • Organisation very restrictive to members – court of arbitration, professional court, ethical committee • Problem with competencies of Chamber • Idea of including all vet’s in Chamber OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

6. SLOVENIAN VETERINARY CHAMBER (1) • Self regulated and self financing institution, • Difficulties in communication with the state, • No influence on future organisation, • Theoretically lot of power, practically always to negotiate about authorisations rules and rights. • Every time after the changing Statutes, government must give permission to introduce. OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

7. SLOVENIA VETERINARY CHAMBER (2) • Reorganisation of Veterinary Chamber in 2001 • All vet’s obligatory members of the Chamber • Six sections – private, education and diagnostic, official vet’s, industry, army and insurance vet’s • 3 big sections and 3 small ones –problem with decission process OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

8. SLOVENIA VETERINARY CHAMBER –major forces • Professional and ethical committee • Court of arbitration • Public authorisations – veterinary licence, public register of vet’s, registration of veterinary practices, professional supervision of practices and individual vet’s, • Veterinary specialisation and LLL OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

9. PUBLIC AUTHORISATION • Licence – necessary to get together 35 hours of education per year, valid for 10 years, • Public register of all vet’s – difficult to manage • Registration of veterinary practices – every 3 years, • Professional supervission of the practices -regular every 3 years, - extraordinary – whebever is necessary • Supervission of the vet’s – additional education or examination • Organisation of educational conferences, OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

10. SLOVENIA VETERINARY CHAMBER - weaknes • Difficult decission making process • Disciplinary measures only for private vet’s • Very different interests • State veterinarians difficult to find interests –they don’t want to be members of the community • Small sections have bigger influence OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

11. SLOVENIA VETERINARY CHAMBER - way forward • Reorganisation in 2009 • Obligatory for all vet’s who have to deal with any kind of diagnosis – live animals, meat inspection, official vet’s in animal transport, epizootiological investigation • Uniform organisation – regional princip OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

12. COMMENTS • THEORETICALLY EQUAL SYSTEM OF THE ORGANISATION OF VETERINARY SERVICE IN EU AND CEEC, • UNNECESSARY SUPPORT OF STATE STRUCTURES DURING REORGANISATION BY BRUSSELS ADMINISTRATION DURING ACSESSION PROCESS, • MORE OR LESS MINOR TRADITION AS SELF REGULATED PROFESSION. OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

13. COMMENTS(II) • SUPPORT IN ORGANISATION OF THE INDEPENDANT, SELFREGULATED PROFESSIONAL BODIES (NOT ONLY VETERINRY LEGISLATION), • NECESSARY SUPPORT IN MANAGEMANT KNOWLEDGE, CPD PROGRAMMS, OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA

14. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION! OIE Regional meeting, SOFIA