What is the difference between a licensed veterinarian, a licensed assistant veterinarian, an official veterinarian and a village veterinarian?
Licensed veterinarian after registration may issue prescriptions, fill in diagnosis certificates, issue relevant certification documents, and carry out business activities such as the diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases and animal health care; a licensed assistant veterinarian cannot register and can only file for the record, cannot issue prescriptions, fill in diagnosis certificates or issue relevant certification documents, may assist in carrying out veterinary activities under the guidance of a licensed veterinarian, and may become a licensed veterinarian after passing the examination.
Appendix 1. What is the difference between a licensed veterinarian and an official veterinarian?
A licensed veterinarian refers to a veterinary practitioner who has passed the national licensed veterinarian qualification examination, obtained a licensed veterinarian qualification certificate, and after registration engages in business activities such as animal diagnosis and treatment and animal health care.
An official veterinarian refers to a national veterinary worker who meets the prescribed qualification conditions and has been appointed by the veterinary competent department, and who is responsible for issuing certificates such as quarantine certificates.
Appendix 2. What is the difference between a licensed veterinarian and a village veterinarian?
The state implements a licensed veterinarian qualification examination system. A licensed veterinarian must have a college degree or above in veterinary medicine, Chinese veterinary medicine (ethnic veterinary medicine), animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, or aquaculture; must take the national unified examination and obtain a licensed veterinarian qualification certificate; and must engage in corresponding animal diagnosis and treatment activities at the registered location and within the registered scope of practice.
The state implements a village veterinarian registration system. Those who meet the conditions stipulated in Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Village Veterinarians may register; and within the registered area engage in business activities such as the diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases and animal immunization, castration, delivery assistance, artificial insemination and animal health care; village veterinarians shall use veterinary drugs in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Drugs and the provisions of the Ministry of Agriculture, and truthfully record the drug use.
Appendix 3. What is the difference between the licensed veterinarian qualification examination and vocational skill appraisal?
The licensed veterinarian qualification examination is implemented in accordance with the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China. It is an administrative licensing act, and the licensed veterinarian qualification examination is a national-level examination carried out in accordance with the law. A licensed veterinarian who has obtained a licensed veterinarian qualification certificate may engage in activities such as animal diagnosis and treatment and issuing veterinary drug prescriptions only after applying for registration with the veterinary competent department of the local county-level people's government. Those who engage in animal diagnosis and treatment activities without registration shall be ordered by the animal health supervision institution to stop animal diagnosis and treatment activities, their illegal gains shall be confiscated, and penalties shall be imposed.
The veterinary vocational skill appraisal occupations are assessment activities based on the level of veterinary vocational skills established in accordance with the Occupational Classification Code of the People's Republic of China, and are not access conditions for veterinary practitioners. Those who have obtained a vocational skill appraisal certificate and need to engage in veterinary practice activities must also take the licensed veterinarian qualification examination and obtain a licensed veterinarian qualification certificate.
Appendix 4. What is the difference between licensed veterinarian qualification and veterinary technical titles?
Obtaining the qualifications of licensed veterinarian and licensed assistant veterinarian is an access condition for veterinary personnel to engage in business activities such as animal diagnosis and treatment and animal health care.
Veterinary technical titles are grade titles and technical levels for the professional technical and academic level and work ability of veterinary professional and technical personnel.
Appendix 5. Do personnel who already have senior veterinarian or professor titles still need to take the licensed veterinarian qualification examination?
Article 39 of the Measures for the Administration of Licensed Veterinarians stipulates that those who, before January 1, 2009, had a bachelor's degree or above in veterinary medicine or aquaculture, engaged in veterinary clinical teaching or animal diagnosis and treatment activities, and obtained a senior veterinarian, senior aquaculture engineer or above professional technical title or an equivalent professional technical title, and who pass the assessment of the veterinary competent department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government, shall be issued a licensed veterinarian qualification certificate after being reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.