Update your details or change your name
How to update your contact details
You are legally required to update your residential address on the Register of Veterinary Practitioners within 28 days of any change.
To update your residential address and other contact details, please sign into your account: www.vetboard.vic.gov.au/myaccount
Any change you make will not show on your record automatically: to see the changes, refresh your account page or sign out then sign back in to your record.
How to change your name
Complete and submit the form below if you wish to change your name on the Register of Veterinary Practitioners. Before you start completing the form, click on the highlighted section below to read about documents you must attach to the form. If you provide all required information, your name will be changed on the register within 5 business days. There is no charge to change your name on the register.
We acknowledge that some veterinary practitioners prefer to keep practising under their original registered name, so changing your name is voluntary. Note, however, that if you begin to practise under your new legal name without changing it on the register, this may confuse clients who search for your name on the register. It may be appropriate to include your registration number on client correspondence so it is clear that you are still a registered veterinary practitioner in Victoria.
BEFORE COMPLETING THE FORM BELOW, please make high quality colour copies of the following 2 documents then get them certified by a person authorised to certify documents such as another veterinary practitioner, a pharmacist or police officer:
- the front and back of the official document showing your change of name, e.g. deed poll or marriage certificate
- current photographic identification, e.g. front and back of driver’s licence OR the photo page of your passport.
The authorised certifier must:
- examine the originals to ensure they are identical to the originals and are not copies or forgeries
- write or stamp the copies with the words, ‘Certified to be a true copy of the original seen by me’, sign and date the copies, and write or stamp their name, personal or professional address and qualification on the copies.
After the documents have been certified, please scan them so they are ready to attach at colour PDFs to the change of name request form below.
Privacy of your information: The Board will only use and disclose personal information collected for the purposes of changing your name on the register. More information: Privacy and data protection policy