Registration Renewal / Annual Return Form

2025 Registrations and 2024 Annual Returns are now open.

If you have any concerns or enquiries, please contact us on 08 8359 3334 or send an email to admin@vsb.sa.gov.au

Instructions for Veterinary Surgeons

You must complete the online process personally by no later than 31 December 2024. Completion of an annual return is a professional obligation under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 and you should not delegate this task to another person. You must declare that you have personally completed the annual return prior to lodgement.

Please take care when answering all questions in the annual return. It is an offence under section 68 of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 to provide information in an annual return that is false or misleading.

Fees

The 2025 annual practice fee for general registration has been fixed under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003. You will be prompted to pay your fee at the completion of the form (if you choose to renew your registration). On form submit, you will be redirected to a checkout page for you to complete your billing details. Once billing details have been completed you will be prompted to click 'Proceed to Registration Payment' which will redirect you to our ANZ payment portal. If you do not complete the payment, your registration renewal will not be accepted. All fees can be found here.

A Tax Invoice and your Certificate of Registration will be forward to your email address as noted in your 2025 Renewal, within 14 days business days after lodgement. If you do not receive this, kindly check your ‘junk’ or ‘spam’ folder before contacting us at 08 8359 3334 or send an email to admin@vsb.sa.gov.au

Late Fees

Please note that a late fee of $262 has been fixed under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 to apply to all renewals of registration received after 31 December 2024. To avoid incurring the late renewal of registration fee, please renew your registration by completing the online process by no later than 31 December 2024.

Not Renewing Registration

If you do not wish to renew your registration for the 2025 calendar year, you must still lodge an annual return for the 2024 calendar year. Please do so by clicking ‘Lodge’ at the bottom of this screen. You will be prompted to answer questions relating to the 2024 calendar year. Please select the option 'I do not wish to renew registration as a veterinary surgeon for the year ending 31 December 2025'.

Non-renewal results in removal from the General/Specialist Register effective 1 January 2025.

Important Information

Please make sure to complete all sections of this form. Once finished, a confirmation message stating "Form successfully submitted" will be visible to all users upon submission. Additionally, users will receive an email containing the details of their completed form. Users renewing their registration will also be sent an email with a digital payment receipt. If you do not receive these emails within 20 minutes of form completion, kindly check your 'junk' or 'spam' folder. If no emails are received despite a successful form submission, please contact us at 08 8359 3334 or send an email to admin@vsb.sa.gov.au

Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Personal details

First Name *
Middle Name
Surname *
Personal Email Address *
Mobile Number *
Date of Birth *
Gender *
Are you of Aboriginal and/or Torres StraiT Islander origin? *

Registration Number

Please enter your registration number, if not known, you can search your number here. Please ensure to notify the Board of any changes within 3 months of change in writing.

Registration Number *
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Residential Address

Your residential address will NOT be recorded on the publicly accessible register(s). Please ensure to notify the Board of any changes within 3 months of change in writing.

Address Line 1 *
Address Line 2
Suburb/Town *
State *
Postcode *
Is this address your principal place of residence? *
In which state or territory of Australia or other country do you reside?

Postal Address

Your postal address will NOT be recorded on the publicly accessible register(s). Please ensure to notify the Board of any changes within 3 months of change in writing.

Same as residential? *
Address Line 1 *
Address Line 2
Suburb/Town *
State *
Postcode *

Business Address

Your business address is your primary current place of employment and will be recorded on the publicly accessible register(s) including the VSBSA website. Please ensure to notify the Board of any changes within 3 months of change in writing.

Please provide reason
Business Name *
Address Line 1 *
Address Line 2
Suburb/Town *
State *
Postcode *
Is this business a company? *
Full name of company
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Practice Details

Select boxes where applicable *
If other, please specify:

Extent of Practice

Select relevant box *
Hours per week: *

Areas of Practice

Select all relevant boxes *
If other, please specify:

Declaration of Medical Fitness

Do you have an impairment that detrimentally affects, or may detrimentally affect, your medical fitness to provide veterinary treatment as a veterinary surgeon, that you have not previously disclosed to the Board?

Please select *

If yes, please provide updated information below.

Details of impairment *
How is your impairment managed? *

Impairment includes a physical or mental impairment, disability, condition, or disorder (including substance abuse or dependence).

Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Application for Renewal of Registration

Do you wish to renew your registration? *
Why are you NOT renewing your registration for 2025? *
If other, please specify

Prescribed Annual Practice Fees

Please select registration type(s) *
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Annual return for the year ending 2024

Pursuant to section 44(1) of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 a veterinary surgeon must not, unless exempted by the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia (the ‘Board’), provide veterinary treatment for fee or reward unless insured in a manner and to an extent approved by the Board.

All veterinary surgeons providing veterinary treatment for fee or reward in South Australia (including those practising under interstate registration) must ensure that they are covered by a professional indemnity insurance policy which meets the Board’s requirements unless they have been granted an exemption from compliance.  A copy of the Board’s Professional Indemnity Insurance Requirements is available from the ‘Registration and Insurance’ page of the Board’s website.

Failure to be covered by professional indemnity insurance which meets the Board’s requirements is an offence carrying a maximum penalty of $10,000.

Were you covered by a professional indemnity insurance policy which met the Board’s requirements during the year ending 31 December 2024?

Please select *
Name of insurer *

Why were you not covered by a policy that met the Board's requirements?

Please select *
Other (please specify)
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Section 45 of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 imposes an obligation on a veterinary surgeon to provide prescribed information to the Board about any claim for damages or other compensation arising from alleged negligence committed by that veterinary surgeon in the course of providing veterinary treatment.

The claim need not be made personally against a veterinary surgeon. Therefore, if a veterinary surgeon becomes aware of a claim against another person or company in relation to veterinary treatment which that veterinary surgeon personally provided, the veterinary surgeon must provide the prescribed information to the Board.

This is the case even if the veterinary surgeon is not personally named as a party to the claim. For example, if a claim has been made against a veterinary surgeon's employer in respect of that veterinary surgeon's alleged negligence, the veterinary surgeon is personally required to report it to the Board.

A claim need not be the subject of formal legal proceedings in a court of law. Provided the claim is for damages or other compensation arising from alleged negligence in the course of providing veterinary treatment, the reporting obligation applies.

The obligation takes precedence over obligations to maintain client confidentiality and any confidentiality agreements entered into with other parties.

Failure to comply with this obligation is an offence carrying a maximum penalty of $10,000. In addition, failure to comply with the obligation may be proper cause for disciplinary action against a veterinary surgeon.

Information about complying with this mandatory obligation is available here.

Are you aware of any claims for damages or other compensation made against you or your employer in the year ending 31 December 2024 relating to alleged negligence committed by you in the course of providing veterinary treatment?

Please select *

Have you provided prescribed information to the Board in relation to such claim(s)?

Please select *

Please email: admin@vsb.sa.gov.au prescribed information about the claim(s) by no later than 31 December 2024

In relation to a claim for alleged negligence committed by you in the course of providing veterinary treatment, are you aware of any order made by a court to pay damages/ other compensation, or entry into an agreement for the payment of money in settlement of that claim during the year ending 31 December 2024?

Please select below *

Have you provided prescribed information to the Board in relation to such claim(s)?

Please select *

Please email: admin@vsb.sa.gov.au prescribed information about the claim(s) by no later than 31 December 2024

Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

Did you engage in any conduct that constitutes an offence punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more under any Act or law during the year ending 31 December 2024?

Please select *

Please email: admin@vsb.sa.gov.au prescribed information about the claim(s) by no later than 31 December 2024

Section 43 of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 provides that a veterinary surgeon who has not provided veterinary treatment for fee or reward (whether in or outside of South Australia) for a period of 3 or more years must obtain approval of the Board before providing veterinary treatment for fee or reward.

Have you provided veterinary treatment for fee or reward in each of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 calendar years, or for some part of that 3-year period (e.g. during the 2022, 2023 or 2024 calendar year)?

Please select *
Do you intend to apply to the Board for approval to practice in 2025? *
Are you renewing your registration for the 2025 calendar year? *
Why are you renewing your registration for 2025? *
If other, please specify
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

During 2024, did you complete any continuing professional development (CPD) activity relevant to your area of practice?

Please select *

During 2024, did you comply with the Board’s CPD Guidelines for Veterinary Surgeons including the requirement to maintain CPD records?

Please select *

CPD records include information about:

  • Your CPD plan (the learning goals that you have identified and how you plan to meet them)
  • Each CPD activity that you have completed
  • Your reflection on each completed CPD activity and how it benefited or will benefit your professional practice
  • Evidence that you have completed your CPD activity
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

I,

declare that I have personally completed this annual return and that, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the particulars are true in every respect.

Working to ensure those in the profession achieve and maintain high professional standards of competence and conduct in their provision of veterinary treatment.

Correspondence Policy

We recommend using our postal address if your correspondence is sensitive and/or includes hard copy or confidential attachments (such as photos or documents). Please ensure you include a return postal address.

Our approach
When we perform our work, we aim to be fair, impartial, consistent, respectful, courteous.

How you can help us
To allow us to perform our work effectively and efficiently, we expect that you will familiarise yourself with our correspondence policy, give us accurate and complete information, treat us with respect and courtesy.

We aim to respond to correspondence, where required, within 20 working days of receipt.

Sometimes the matters raised in correspondence are complex and require detailed investigation in which case our response time will be longer.

There may be occasions where the issues you raise are outside our responsibilities. In this case we will refer you to the appropriate organisation or government department/agency. We encourage you to check to see if your issue is within our jurisdiction before you correspond with us. For example, if your enquiry relates to the ability of a veterinary surgeon to obtain, possess, prescribe or dispense Schedule 4 drugs, please direct your enquiry to the Office of the Chief Pharmacist: SAPharmacy@health.sa.gov.au. If your enquiry relates to the ability of a veterinary surgeon to obtain, possess, prescribe or dispense Schedule 8 drugs, please direct your enquiry to SA Health: HealthDrugsofDependenceUnit@sa.gov.au

We do not provide legal advice or personal advisory services to members of the community, veterinary services providers or veterinary surgeons.

We will only respond to items where we are the primary recipient. We will not respond to correspondence where we have been included as a carbon copy.

We will delete unsolicited advertisements without response.

We will not respond to correspondence containing offensive language or content.

We will forward any correspondence containing threatening content or advocating illegal activities to South Australia Police.

Your correspondence, once received, will become an official record of the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia.