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Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários - Portugal Portuguese Veterinary Practitioners Order José Resende - Chairman

Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários - Portugal Portuguese Veterinary Practitioners Order José Resende - Chairman Veterinary Statutory Bodies, Private Veterinarians and Paraprofessionals in the Veterinary Services O.I.E. Regional Seminar – 17 th June - Sofia, Bulgaria

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Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários - Portugal Portuguese Veterinary Practitioners Order José Resende - Chairman

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  1. Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários - Portugal Portuguese Veterinary Practitioners Order José Resende - Chairman Veterinary Statutory Bodies, Private Veterinarians and Paraprofessionals in the Veterinary Services O.I.E. Regional Seminar – 17th June - Sofia, Bulgaria

  2. Portuguese History of Veterinary Medicine 1832 – The first Veterinary Medicine course was created in the Portuguese Army 1854/1862 – The Municipal Veterinariancareer was introduced (first in Lisbon and later in all districts – “Intendentes de Pecuária”) 1892– Creation of the first Official Veterinary Services 1901 – Creation of the Estação Zootécnica Nacional (National Zootecnic Station) 1902 – The Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Veterinárias (Portuguese Veterinary Sciences Society) was founded 1913 – Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária e Bacteriologia 1944 – The Sindicato Nacional dos Médicos Veterinários (National Veterinary Practitioners Syndicate) was founded 1991 – 4th October – Creation of the Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários and Veterinary Practitioner’s Day

  3. Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários The Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários (OMV), created on the 4th October 1991, is the Institution which represents the licensed Veterinary Practitioners in Portugal. The Order is a Public Association independent from the Government, being free and autonomous in its attributions. Only veterinary practitoners registered in OMV are able to legally practise veterinary medicine, on a professional basis, in Portugal.

  4. Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários • Main purposes of OMV: • Safeguard of deontological and ethical principles inherent to veterinary activities • Contribution to the development and improvement in scientific, technical and professional domains • Protection of the veterinary professional exercise • Support of professional interests

  5. OMV – Institutional Relationships The Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários is an active member of the following Institutions National Institutions • CNOP(National Council of Professional Orders) International Institutions • WVA(World Veterinary Association) • FVE(Federation of Veterinarians of Europe) • AVEA(Association Vétérinaire Euro-Arabe) • FVL (Federation of the Portuguese Speaking Veterinarians) • Macaronésia Veterinary Practitioners Association

  6. The Structure of O.M.V. The Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários is composed by both National and Regional Bodies. National Bodies: General Assembly Board of Directors Professional and Deontological Council Council of Auditors Regional Bodies: North Regional Delegation (Braga) Centre Regional Delegation (Coimbra) South Regional Delegation (Lisbon) Regional Delegation of Azores (Ponta Delgada) Regional Delegation of Madeira (Madeira)

  7. Registered Members OMV has nowadays more than 4300 registered members, of which 3663areactive (1900 female members and 1763 male members).

  8. Registered Members The Portuguese Veterinary Class can be classified as young, since 76% of its members are less than 50 years old, and 59% are less than 40 years old.

  9. Activity of OMV Members

  10. Veterinary Learning in Portugal In the present time, there are six portuguese universities offering Veterinary Medicine courses, located in different regions. Public Institutions: • Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Lisboa (Lisbon) • Universidade de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real) • Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Oporto) • Universidade de Évora (Évora) • Universidade dos Açores (Azores) Private Institutions: • Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama (Coimbra) • Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lisbon)

  11. Veterinarians in Portugal • Considering Portugal to have 10M inhabitants, there is presently a ratio of 1 veterinarian for 2730 citizens. • Annually there are 250 new veterinary graduates registering in OMV, but in the next year this number will rise to 330 new veterinarians per year. • This means that in the next 10 years, the number of veterinarians in Portugal will double.

  12. Animal Contingent – Animal Health • The Portuguese Animal Population is as shown on the side table:

  13. Veterinarians and Animal Health Portuguese Veterinarians play an essential role in maintaining Animal and Public Health and establishing eradication and vigilance programs for animal infectious diseases. In the past years, the portuguese veterinary practioners have been engaged in several control programs: • BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) • Avian Influenza • Rabbies • Blue Tongue • ASF(African Swine Fever) • AHS (African Horse Sickness) • CBPP (Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia) • Foot-and-Mouth Disease • Newcastle Disease

  14. OMV – Veterinary policies OMV is often invited to meet with the Government, Veterinary Services and other stakeholders, concerning diverse legislative matters that affect Veterinary practitioners OMV acts as an adviser, uttering opinions and suggestions and producing drafts which help to improve legal documents. Some of the themes recently debated were: • Veterinary drugs and medicate feed prescriptions • Veterinary Medicines and Products • Veterinary Medical Centres • Complaints Book

  15. Veterinary Prescriptions • Giving the need to control the prescription and use of drugs on farm animals, the Government published laws approving veterinary medicines and veterinary medicated feed normalized prescriptions (D.L.175/2005, Portaria 1159/2005 and D.L. 151/2005). • Those diplomas establish the principle that all veterinary drugs used in farm animals must be prescribed by a veterinarian, using standard formularies. • OMV is the entity responsible for supplying the official prescriptions and the professional vignette, which identifies the veterinarian/prescriptioner.

  16. Veterinary Medicines and Products • Following the publication of the national laws approving the veterinary medicines and veterinary medicated feed prescriptions (D.L.175/2005, Portaria 1159/2005 and D.L. 151/2005), the Government felt the need to update the laws regarding Veterinary Drugs and Products. A new document was prepared to replace the D.L.184/1997, meeting the requirements of UE Directives 2001/82/CE and 2004/28/CE. • The new legislation regarding Veterinary Drugs and Products, was already approved by the Government and will be published in the next few days. This diploma will establish the veterinary practitioner as the only person allowed to prescribe veterinarydrugs and will authorize Veterinary Medical Centers to sell Veterinary Medicines and Products (MUV and PUV). It will also revoke some norms related with the commerce of MUV and PUV and will permit the purchase of these products by associations and farmers.

  17. Veterinary Clinical Centres • OMV also regulates the Private Practioners’ activity, by implementing Regulations on the establishment and practise in Veterinary Clinical Centres (CAMV): • All CAMV have to be registered in OMV. After an OMV inspection, the centres are classified in Consulting-rooms,Clinics or Hospitals. • OMV also established that each CAMV must have a Clinic Director, who’s responsible for all the practitioners working in the CAMV, and is also accountable for the observance of all the deontological and ethical rules. • These internal regulations will be translated into National Law, and the Official Veterinary Services (DGV) will be responsible for licensing the Clinical Centres, in cooperation with OMV.

  18. Veterinary Clinical Centres • There are 907 Veterinary Clinical Centres registered in OMV:

  19. Complaints Book • On January 6th 2008, the DL 371/2007 was brought to force, which widened the obligatoriness of determined establishments to provide Complaints Book. The Veterinary Medical Centres were also be comprised by this legislation. • All the complaints must be sent to the Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários, which is the Institution responsible for the processes surveillance and instruction. • OMV is the only Professional Order in Portugal which was given this attribution.

  20. Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários Portuguese Veterinary Practitioners Order Available at: www.omv.pt Contacts: omv@omv.pt Veterinary Statutory Bodies, Private Veterinarians and Paraprofessionals in the Veterinary Services O.I.E. Regional Seminar – 17th June - Sofia, Bulgaria

  21. Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários Portuguese Veterinary Practitioners Order Available at: www.omv.pt Contacts: omv@omv.pt Veterinary Statutory Bodies, Private Veterinarians and Paraprofessionals in the Veterinary Services O.I.E. Regional Seminar – 17th June - Sofia, Bulgaria

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