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Veterinary Drug Licences
Four classes of licences may be issued:
- Limited Medicated Feed Licence - for a
business where medicated feeds are sold but
not manufactured (i.e. purchased as bagged
medicated feed. The annual fee is $12.00 and
expires on March 31st each year. The licensee
is required to record all purchases of
medicated feed that have been imported for
sale from another province or another country
in the Veterinary Drug Purchase Register. The
original copy of the Veterinary Drug Purchase
Register must be forwarded to the Chief
Veterinarian before February 28th each year
to cover all out-of-Province purchases for
the previous calendar year.
- Medicated Feed Licence - authorizes
the licensee to manufacture and to sell feeds
medicated with veterinary drugs listed in
Schedule A, Table 1 to the limit shown in the
M.I.B. Upon the written order (prescription)
of a registered veterinarian, the licensee
may manufacture medicated feeds with
veterinary drugs in strengths above those
listed in the M.I.B. and with veterinary
drugs not listed in Schedule A, Table 1.
The annual fee is $55.00 and expires on March
31st each year. The licensee is required to
record all drug purchases in the Veterinary Drug
Purchase Register. This must be kept up-to-date
as each batch of drugs are purchased. The
original copy of the Veterinary Drug Purchase
Register must be forwarded to the Chief
Veterinarian before February 28th each year to
cover all out-of-Province purchases for the
previous calendar year.
- Veterinary Drug Licence - authorizes
the licensee to sell the veterinary drugs
listed in Schedule A, Table II. Licences may
be limited to certain products, i.e.,
hatcheries may only sell poultry products,
tack shops are usually restricted to horse
wormers and wound dressings, in which case it
is specified on the licence. The annual fee
is $55.00 and expires on March 31st of each
year. The licensee is required to record all
drug and biologicals in the Veterinary Drug
Purchase Register as they are received. The
original copy of the Veterinary Drug Purchase
Register must be forwarded to the Chief
Veterinarian before February 28th each year
to cover all out-of-Province purchases for
the previous calendar year.
- Veterinary Drug Dispenser Licence is
issued to a person who passes an examination.
The exam covers the properties, use and abuse
of veterinary drugs and related information.
Every Medicated Feed Licensee or Veterinary
Drug Licensee must have a Veterinary Drug
Dispenser present at all times at the
premises where business is carried on
- when and where medicated feeds are
being manufactured, or;
- when open for business for the sale
of veterinary drugs
The Veterinary Drug Dispenser Licence is
normally valid for five (5) years ($12.00 fee),
and must then be renewed by re-examination.
Re-examination may be required for any licensee
at any time at the request of the Chief
(Provincial) Veterinarian.
This means that businesses that
have a Medicated Feed Licence or a Veterinary
Drug Licence must have a person holding a current
Veterinary Drug Dispenser Licence on the premises
during the manufacture of medicated feeds or for
the sale of veterinary drugs on the premises
during working hours.
Under the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and
Drug Scheduling Act and Regulations of B.C. it is
illegal for a drug wholesaler to sell directly to
a farmer. It is also illegal for drugs to be
transported in B.C. except by a wholesaler to a
properly licenced outlet, veterinarian or
pharmacist. Farmers may transport or have
delivered,drugs purchased by them from a B.C.
licenced veterinary drug retail outlet,
veterinarian or pharmacist to their farm for
their own use.
These regulations do not affect
the sale of veterinary drugs by pharmacists or
registered veterinarians.
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