Specialist endorsement of registration

The use of the title veterinary specialist and related terms is restricted to persons who have been registered as veterinary specialists by Australian veterinary boards after achieving higher veterinary qualifications and experience.

The Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria endorses the general registration of veterinary practitioners so they can practise as veterinary specialists in Victoria.

In Victoria, the prerequisites for specialist endorsement under section 8 of the Veterinary Practice Act 1997 are:
  1. The veterinary practitioner must have general registration in Victoria.
  2. The veterinary practitioner must have satisfactorily completed a post-graduate qualification in a recognised branch of veterinary surgery or veterinary medicine.
  3. The veterinary practitioner must have practised, or must be currently practising, in the specified branch of veterinary surgery or medicine.

Process for specialist endorsement of your general registration

Click on the relevant option (+) below:

  1. Arrange to have your qualifications, training and experience assessed by the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) following the instructions on the AVBC website.
  2. If the AVBC recommends you for endorsement as a veterinary specialist, download and complete the following form and email it to the address on the form:
  3. After you lodge your application, we will email you an invoice for application and specialist endorsement fees. More information: Registration fee schedule
  4. The Board considers registration applications once a month and will consider your application on the next scheduled registration date.
  1. Apply for general registration in Victoria: General registration.
  2. Arrange with the registration authority where you are endorsed as a specialist to email a Letter of professional standing directly to the Board.
  3. Complete Vetboard Victoria's specialist endorsement application form and email it to us
  4. After you lodge your application, we will email you an invoice for application fees, general registration fees and specialist endorsement fees. More information: Registration fee schedule
  5. The Board considers registration applications once a month and will consider your application on the next scheduled registration date.
  1. If you are eligible to apply for general registration, apply for general registration then follow the steps in OPTION 1 above.
  2. If you are not eligible to apply for general registration, you are not eligible for specialist endorsement. Please email the Board if you have any questions..

 

Privacy of your information

The Board will only use and disclose personal information collected to support your application for the purposes of specialist registration, unless the Board has obtained your consent to use the information for additional purposes. More information: Privacy and data protection policy