Advice Notes - take two

We reported in RCVS News (November 2007) that six new Advice Notes would be published on RCVSonline shortly. Depending on whether your glass is half full or half empty, this was either half right or half wrong, as only three of the notes made it onto the website.

Our apologies for this delay, however the Advice Notes on the removal of dew claws and euthanasia, which required further review by the Advisory Committee in January, are now available.

These are accompanied by three new Advice Notes that have also just received Council approval and which provide additional advice on:

20. Client confidentiality and reporting criminal offences

21. Guidance on product endorsement

22. 24-hour emergency cover: attendance away from practice premises

The long awaited Advice Note on the Working Time Regulations has been delayed again as Council decided that it should be considered by the 24-hour Emergency Cover Working Party when it meets in March.

Council was concerned that the note, based on specialist legal advice, should take full account of practical difficulties faced by the veterinary profession in trying to balance compliance with both the RCVS Guide to Professional Conduct and the law.

Hard copies of all Advice Notes may also be requested from the Professional Conduct Department (020 7202 0789 or [email protected]).