Renew 2023 Registration – Lodge 2022 Annual Return

Instructions for Veterinary Surgeons

You must complete the online process personally by no later than 30 December 2022. 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.

The 2023 annual practice fee for general registration has been fixed under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 in the sum of $798. The fee must be paid by no later than 30 December 2022.

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 30 December 2022. To avoid incurring the late renewal of registration fee, please renew your registration by completing the online process by no later than 30 December 2022.

If you do not wish to renew your registration for the 2023 calendar year, you must still lodge an annual return for the 2022 calendar year. Please do so by clicking ‘Lodge’ at the bottom of this screen. You will be prompted to answer questions relating to the 2022 calendar year. Please select the option ‘I do not wish to renew registration as a veterinary surgeon for the year ending 31 December 2023’.

Personal details

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

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)

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

Business Address

Your business address will be recorded on the publicly accessible register(s)

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 *
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 capacity to provide veterinary treatment?

Impairment means a physical or mental impairment, disability, condition, or disorder (including substance abuse or dependence) that detrimentally affects, or is likely to detrimentally affect, your capacity to provide veterinary treatment.

Please select *
Details of impairment *
How is your impairment managed? *

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

Application for Renewal of Registration

Do you wish to renew your registration? *

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 2022

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 2023?

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 2022 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 2022

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 2022?

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 2022

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 2022?

Please select *

Please email: admin@vsb.sa.gov.au prescribed information about the claim(s) by no later than 31 December 2022

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 2020, 2021 and 2022 calendar years, or for some part of that 3-year period (e.g. during the 2020, 2021 or 2022 calendar year)?

Please select *
Do you intend to apply to the Board for approval to practice in 2023? *

Are you renewing your registration for the 2023 calendar year? *

Why are you renewing your registration for 2023? *
If other, please specify
Please ensure you have completed all fields marked with an asterisk *

During 2022, did you complete any continuing professional development (CPD) activity relevant to your area of practice?

Please select *

During 2022, 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.