M-8, r. 4 - Code of ethics of veterinary surgeons

Section 2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

2. A veterinary surgeon shall promote the protection and the improvement of public health and of the quality of the environment. In the practice of the profession, a veterinary surgeon shall, in particular,

(1)  take into account all the foreseeable consequences which his opinions, research and work may have on society;

(2)  promote measures of education and information in the field in which he practises and, insofar as possible, perform the necessary acts to ensure such education and information;

(3)  collaborate in the safe recovery of outdated or unused medications for purposes of destruction;

(4)  not make or participate in, directly or indirectly, uncontrolled discharges of biomedical contaminants into the environment.

O.C. 1149-93, s. 2.