2024-2025 / VETE2067-1

Principles of exercising veterinary medicine

Veterinary law and deontology

Legal provisions

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

Duration

Veterinary law and deontology : 17h Th
Legal provisions : 13h Th
Meeting with the veterinary profession II : 4h Mon. WS

Number of credits

 Veterinary surgeon3 crédits 

Lecturer

Veterinary law and deontology : Jean-François Cabaraux, Benoît Kohl, N..., Claude Saegerman
Legal provisions : Hugues Guyot, Claude Saegerman
Meeting with the veterinary profession II : Antoine Clinquart

Substitute(s)

Veterinary law and deontology : Jules Ghuysen

Coordinator

Claude Saegerman

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Veterinary law and deontology

In the part of the course allocated to deontology (J-F. Cabaraux - 5 h), the structure and functioning of the order of veterinaries are explained and the articles of the deontology code are commented.

In the part dedicated to "Law and veterinary medicine" (C. Joisten et C. Saegerman - 12 h), students receive simultaneously an initiation to the Belgian legal system and the essential legal rules to be respected in their professional practice.

Legal dispositions

In the part Legal dispositions in the veterinary practice (C. Saegerman - 8 h), the following chapters are presented:






  • Introduction
  • Legal framework
  • Identification, registration, traceability, mandatory notification, sectorial guides for self-control
  • Laboratory information management system (LIMS)
  • Epidemiosurveillance in veterinary public health
  • Emerging/ re-emerging zoonosis: challenges and opportunities.
  • Enzooties
  • Epizooties
In the part of the course dedicated to Veterinary Guidance (H. Guyot - 5h), presentation of the content of the Royal decree of April 10th 2000 regarding the provisions on veterinary guidance as well as other laws and associated decrees such as the law on the veterinary medicine practice. Other important topics will also be developed (veterinary products usage, sanitary status, redhibitory defects, antimicrobial resistance with the participation of the coordinator of AMCRA, Dr. F. Dal Pozzo, etc.).

Meeting with veterinary professionals

Organization of a meeting between students and veterinary professionals (A. Clinquart - 4 h).

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

This activity consists of a interactive face-to-face meeting with veterinarians representing different disciplines of veterinary medicine.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The teaching unit aims two distinct learning objectives, i.e.:
1° Veterinary law and deontology and legal dispositions
2° Meeting with veterinary professionals


Veterinary law and deontology
The objective of the Deontology course is to inform on the necessity to respect a certain number of rules when practicing veterinary medicine.
The objective of the course of Law and veterinary medicine aims to give to the future doctors in veterinary medicine an initiation to the law rules under which their professional practice will be implemented. This course has two parts. The first part of the course is dedicated to the study of the five most frequent norms encountered by the veterinarians:


  • international norms
  • laws and decrees
  • royal decrees
  • ministerial decrees and
  • agreements between individuals.
The study of each norm is illustrated by exposing different rules of special interest for the veterinarians such as the international conventions regarding animals, European directives regarding the training and establishment of the veterinarians, the laws related to animal protection and welfare, the laws related to animal health, the royal decrees concerning the application of these laws, the medical contract, the work contract and the V.A.T.
The second part of the course is dedicated to the implementation of legal sanctions. It contains:


  • Presentation of the legal system with a special focus on the legal expert role and function,
  • Presentation of the civil responsibility rules, especially in regards to animal facts and professional responsibility insurance,
  • introduction on animals sales and redhibitory defects in the case of animal sales and
  • a summarised description of the actual enforcement of legal sanctions.
Legal dispositions
The learning objective of the course on legal disposition is to raise the awareness of the veterinary students on their future role regarding veterinary public health.
Meeting with veterinary professionals
The learning objective of the meeting with veterinary professionals is to present the filed reality and the diversity of possible

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

Students will learn about the diversity and changing career paths of veterinary surgeons. This session helps students to think about their own career plans.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Veterinary law and deontology
None
Legal dispositions
Co-requisite: immunology and pathology of viral, bacterial and parasitological diseases.
Meeting with the veterinary profession
None

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

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Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Veterinary law and deontology


  • Course in auditorium (17h)
  • Interactive session
  • The teachers are available at the end of the class in order to answer students' questions.
Legal dispositions


  • Course in auditorium (13h)
  • Interactive session largely illustrated by a computer assisted presentation.
  • The teachers are available at the end of the class in order to answer students' questions.
Meeting with veterinary professionals


  • Testimonies from professionals

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

This meeting is organised in collaboration with the "Union Professionnelle Vétérinaire" (UPV). It consists of experience sharing by veterinary surgeons from a variety of disciplines, looking back on their professional careers.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Veterinary law and deontology








  • On campus
Legal dispositions








  • On campus
Meeting with the veterinary profession








  • Presentation in an auditorium

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Mandatory attendance at the meeting session. The date of this session appears in the course timetable (CELCAT).

Recommended or required readings

Veterinary law and deontology


- Paul Delnoy, Benoît Kohl, Claude Saegerman with the collaboration of Quentin Cordie. Droit vétérinaire. Editions Larcier, 2015, 307 pages. ISBN 978-2-8044-8599-3.
- Kohl B., Nicks B., Saegerman C. (2011). Exercice de la médecine vétérinaire. Sélection de la réglementation. Les codes thématiques Larcier, Edition De Boeck, Bruxelles, Belgique, 397 pages, ISBN : 978-2-8044-4910-0.
Legal dispositions


  • Course notes available at the « Office des cours".
  • Reference book: no recommended books but a list of internet websites with available and useful information are mentioned in the course notes.
Meeting with the veterinary profession
Nothing

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )


Additional information:

Evaluation modalities and criteria:

The meeting with veterinary professionals is no subject to any formal evaluation but effective presence at the meeting is compulsory. Indeed, an absence from this activity gives rise to an overall score of "A" if the absence is unjustified or to an overall grade "E" if the absence is justified. As a result, the VETE2067-1 course will not be credited for the current year and the student will have to submit this course to their "PAE" the following year.

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

Other : Survey at the end of the session


Additional information:

At the end of the session, the student must complete an online survey form, via a link provided. The response to this survey and its validation attest to the student's participation in the activity. Unjustified absence at this activity and/or failure to complete the survey may result in an absence grade ("A").

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

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Contacts

Veterinary law and deontology

Prof. Céline Joisten

University of Liege

Faculty of law

Responsibility and contracts

Quartier Agora, place des Orateurs 3, B31, 4000 Liège

Phone: +32 4 366-30-01

E-mail: Celine.Joisten@uliege.be


Prof. Pascal Gustin

University of Liege

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Pharmacology, pharmacotherapy and toxicology

Quartier Vallée 2, avenue de Cureghem 5A-5D, Bât. B41, 4000 Liège

Phone: +32 4 366-41-70

E-mail: p.gustin@uliege.be



Prof. Claude Saegerman

University of Liege

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Epidemiology and risk analysis applied to veterinary sciences

Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 7A, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège

Phone: +32 4 366-45-79

E-mail : claude.saegerman@uliege.be

 

Legal dipositions

Prof. Claude Saegerman

University of Liege

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Epidemiology and risk analysis applied to veterinary sciences

Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 7A, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège

Phone: +32 4 366-45-79 

E-mail: claude.saegerman@uliege.be


Prof. Hugues Guyot

University of Liege

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Management of ruminants health

Quartier Vallée 2, avenue de Cureghem 7A-7D, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège

Phone: 04/366-40-20

E-mail: Hugues.Guyot@uliege.be


Dr. Fabiana Dal Pozzo (Amcra):

Invited reference person for antimicrobial resistance.
 

Meeting with the veterinary profession

Prof. Antoine Clinquart (vice-dean for education)

Université de Liège

Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire

Department of Food Science

Unité de technologie alimentaire

Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 10 (B43b), 4000 Lièg

Tél. : 04/366-40-40

E-mail : antoine.clinquart@uliege.be

Meeting with the veterinary profession II

  • Antoine CLINQUART (Vice-dean for Education FVM, coordinator of the activity)
  • Yves DOYEN (FVM administration / Master)

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