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Government Veterinary Services supports public-sector veterinary professionals and promotes veterinary policy to other vets and the public. Government Veterinary Services is part of the Civil Service .
How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has conducted a market investigation into veterinary services for household pets.
Official Veterinarian (OV) practices must use this form to register new suppliers or update the details of existing suppliers.
What you need to do as a veterinarian after the transition period.
Use this form to tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) that you want to stop being an OV.
How authorised veterinary medicines, products supplied under the cascade and products used under the Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme and Veterinary Medicines Health Situation Scheme can be advertised.
Use the OV09 form to tell APHA that you have read the OV10 guidance on self billing and will accept self-billing invoices for OV work from Defra.
How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
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